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Anta District, Carhuaz

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Carhuaz

Capital
  
Anta

Elevation
  
2,791 m

Region
  
Ancash

Founded
  
November 28, 1910

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
40.77 kmĀ²

Anta (Quechua for "copper") is one of eleven districts of the province Carhuaz in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (67.24%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.53% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Anta District, Carhuaz Wikipedia