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Masin District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
February 2, 1956

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
2,550 m

Province
  
Huari Province

Region
  
Ancash

Capital
  
Masin

UBIGEO
  
021009

Area
  
75.33 kmĀ²

Masin District is one of sixteen districts of the province Huari in Peru.

Contents

Map of Masin 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 (71.36%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.21% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Masin District Wikipedia