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Fidel Olivas Escudero District

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Country
  
Province
  
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).

References

Fidel Olivas Escudero District Wikipedia


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