Marías District
Appearance
Marías | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Huánuco |
Province | Dos de Mayo |
Founded | May 12, 1962 |
Capital | Marías |
Government | |
• Mayor | Grover Lucio Vasquez Salazar |
Area | |
• Total | 608.05 km2 (234.77 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,484 m (11,430 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 7,017 |
• Density | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 100311 |
Marías District is one of nine districts of the province Dos de Mayo in Peru.[1]
Geography
[edit]Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[2]
- Aquy P'itiq
- Chuskuqucha
- Hanka Punta
- Hanka Wasi
- Hatun Punta
- Hatun P'unqu
- Kimsaqucha
- Kushuru
- Khuchi Mach'ay
- Maray
- Pampa Wasi
- Puka Hirka
- P'itiq
- Qiwllaqucha
- Quriqucha
- Riku Hirka
- Saqra Waqra
- Tikti Punta
- Tuna Kancha
- Ukru Wayin
- Wamash Punta
- Wank'amayu
- Wank'a Ukru Punta
- Wayta Hirka Punta
- Wiru Wiru
- Yana Mach'ay
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.28% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Dos de Mayo Province (HUánuco Region)
- ^ "INEI - Redatam - 2007". iinei.inei.gob.pe. Retrieved 2022-08-08.