Anra District

Anra District
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuari
FoundedDecember 24, 1982
CapitalAnra
Government
 • MayorFrancisco Santiago Bazan
Area
 • Total
80.31 km2 (31.01 sq mi)
Elevation
3,172 m (10,407 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
1,896
 • Density24/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021002

Anra District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari 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 (87.16%) 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)

9°13′48″S 76°55′12″W / 9.23000°S 76.92000°W / -9.23000; -76.92000

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