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Ranrahirca District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Yungay

Capital
  
Ranrahirca

Elevation
  
2,475 m

Region
  
Ancash

Founded
  
October 15, 1941

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
22.89 km²

Ranrahirca District is one of eight districts of the province Yungay 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 (52.53%) learnt to speak in childhood, 47.09% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Ranrahirca District Wikipedia