Ranrahirca District is one of eight districts of the Yungay Province in Peru.[1]
Ranrahirca
Ranrahirka | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Yungay |
| Founded | October 15, 1941 |
| Capital | Ranrahirca |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.89 km2 (8.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,475 m (8,120 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,291 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 022006 |
Ethnic groups
editThe 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).[2]
References
edit- ^ (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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)
9°10′01″S 77°43′59″W / 9.16694°S 77.73306°W
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