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Carhuaz District

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Country
  
Peru

Capital
  
Carhuaz

UBIGEO
  
020601

Area
  
194.6 kmĀ²

Region
  
Ancash

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
2,638 m

Province
  
Carhuaz Province

Carhuaz District is one of eleven districts of the province Carhuaz in the Ancash Region of Peru. Its seat is Carhuaz.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (67.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.60% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Carhuaz District Wikipedia