Llama District, Mariscal Luzuriaga

Llama District is one of eight districts of the Mariscal Luzuriaga Province in Peru.[1]

Llama
District
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceMariscal Luzuriaga
FoundedNovember 22, 1905
CapitalLlama
Government
 • MayorJorge Luis Vega Flores
Area
 • Total48.13 km2 (18.58 sq mi)
Elevation
2,821 m (9,255 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,526
 • Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021305

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (88.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.85% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

See also

References
  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. 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)

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