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Mirgas District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Antonio Raymondi

Capital
  
Mirgas

Elevation
  
3,175 m

Region
  
Ancash

Founded
  
October 26, 1964

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
175.7 kmĀ²

Mirgas District is one of six districts of the province Antonio Raymondi 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 (94.12%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.70% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Mirgas District Wikipedia