Capital Sanachgan Elevation 2,650 m | Region Ancash Founded May 5, 1960 Time zone PET (UTC-5) Area 204.8 km² | |
Fidel Olivas Escudero District is one of eight districts of the province Mariscal Luzuriaga in Peru.
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History
The district is named after Bishop Fidel Olivas Escudero.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (97.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.61% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
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Fidel Olivas Escudero District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA