Yungar District

Yungar
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Carhuaz
Founded	November 22, 1868
Capital	Yungar
Government
• Mayor	Julio Constantino Robles Ramirez
Area
• Total	46.43 km^2 (17.93 sq mi)
Elevation	2,828 m (9,278 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,181
• Density	69/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	020611
Website	www.muniyungar.gob.pe

Yungar District is one of eleven districts of the province Carhuaz 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 (80.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.73% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

See also

• Ancash Quechua

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, 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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