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Cascapara District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
November 29, 1915

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
2,725 m

Province
  
Yungay Province

Region
  
Ancash

Capital
  
Cascapara

UBIGEO
  
022002

Area
  
138.3 kmĀ²

Cascapara District is one of eight districts of the Yungay Province in Peru.

Contents

Map of Cascapara District, 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 (87.31%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.59% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Cascapara District Wikipedia