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Canaria District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Víctor Fajardo

Capital
  
Canaria

Elevation
  
3,025 m

Region
  
Ayacucho

Founded
  
January 2, 1857

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
263.9 km²

Canaria District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo in Peru.

Contents

Map of Canaria, 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 (69.09%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.08% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Canaria District Wikipedia