Masin District

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

Masin
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuari
FoundedFebruary 2, 1956
CapitalMasin
Government
  MayorPablo Malvaceda Ortega
Area
  Total75.33 km2 (29.09 sq mi)
Elevation
2,550 m (8,370 ft)
Population
  Total2,024
  Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021009

Ethnic groups

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

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. 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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