Masin District
Masin | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Ancash |
Province | Huari |
Founded | February 2, 1956 |
Capital | Masin |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pablo Malvaceda Ortega |
Area | |
• Total | 75.33 km2 (29.09 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,550 m (8,370 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,024 |
• Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 021009 |
Masin District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (71.36%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.21% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
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