Jangas District

Jangas
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuaraz
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
CapitalJangas
Government
 • MayorWilder Jhon Hinostroza Minaya
Area
 • Total
59.84 km2 (23.10 sq mi)
Elevation
2,825 m (9,268 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
4,345
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020106

Jangas District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaraz 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 (71.53%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.08 % of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 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)

9°24′00″S 77°34′59″W / 9.40000°S 77.58306°W / -9.40000; -77.58306


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