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Yungar District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
November 22, 1868

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
2,828 m

Province
  
Carhuaz Province

Region
  
Ancash

Capital
  
Yungar

Website
  
www.muniyungar.gob.pe

Area
  
46.43 kmĀ²

UBIGEO
  
20611

Yungar District is one of eleven districts of the province Carhuaz 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 (80.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.73% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Yungar District Wikipedia