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Cañaris District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
February 17, 1951

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
2,421 m

Province
  
Ferreñafe Province

Region
  
Lambayeque

Capital
  
Cañaris

UBIGEO
  
140202

Area
  
284.9 km²

Cañaris District (Kañaris in Quechua) is one of six districts of the province Ferreñafe in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua or Cañari descendent of mitimaes. Quechua Inkawasi-Kañaris Quechua) is the language which the majority of the population (63.65%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.68% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Cañaris District Wikipedia