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Jangas District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
January 2, 1857

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
2,825 m

Province
  
Huaraz Province

Region
  
Ancash

Capital
  
Jangas

UBIGEO
  
020106

Area
  
59.84 kmĀ²

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Jangas District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaraz in 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 (71.53%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.08 % of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Jangas District Wikipedia