Amashca
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceCarhuaz
FoundedDecember 14, 1941
CapitalAmashca
Government
  MayorLeoncio Jaime Cadillo Chapeton
Area
  Total11.99 km2 (4.63 sq mi)
Elevation
2,850 m (9,350 ft)
Population
  Total1,745
  Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020603

Amashca District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.56%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.25% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived May 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que apredió hablar (in Spanish)

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