Ranrahirca
Ranrahirka
District
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceYungay
FoundedOctober 15, 1941
CapitalRanrahirca
Area
 • Total22.89 km2 (8.84 sq mi)
Elevation
2,475 m (8,120 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total3,291
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO022006

Ranrahirca District is one of eight districts of the Yungay Province in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The 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

  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)

9°10′01″S 77°43′59″W / 9.16694°S 77.73306°W / -9.16694; -77.73306


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