Luis Carranza District

Luis Carranza
Luis Carranza
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	La Mar
Founded	December 11, 1963
Capital	Pampas
Government
• Mayor	Socrates Gutierrez Alarcon
Area
• Total	207.64 km2 (80.17 sq mi)
Elevation	2,952 m (9,685 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	2,455
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050506

Luis Carranza District is one of eight districts of the province La Mar in Peru.^[1]

Annexes of Luis Carranza District

Ancamarca
Ahua
Huachinga
Amaccoto
Asnaccpampa
Ccopayoc
Ccayhuayoc
Parobamba
Tucubamba
Mechecc
Chaupiloma
Chaquipuqio
Sayripata
Chinchipata
Petecc
Mollepucro
Paccaypampa
Moyocc
Pampas
Huaiccohuasi

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.02%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.72% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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13°17′49″S 73°52′24″W / 13.2970°S 73.8733°W / -13.2970; -73.8733

[1] (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.

[2] .gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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