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(Text) CC BY-SA