Anra District

Anra District is one of sixteen districts of the province Huari in Peru.[1]

Anra District
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuari
FoundedDecember 24, 1982
CapitalAnra
Government
  MayorFrancisco Santiago Bazan
Area
  Total80.31 km2 (31.01 sq mi)
Elevation
3,172 m (10,407 ft)
Population
  Total1,896
  Density24/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021002

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.49% 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 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 aprendió hablar (in Spanish)


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