Callanmarca District

Callanmarca District is one of twelve districts of the province Angaraes in Peru.[1]

Callanmarca
District
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAngaraes
FoundedFebruary 28, 1941
CapitalCallanmarca
Area
 • Total26.02 km2 (10.05 sq mi)
Elevation
3,526 m (11,568 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,006
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090303

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.03%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.85% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

gollark: "We responded really slowly to a terrorist attack, what shall we do?! The public will be angry at us!""Arrest people who have the video of us failing to respond and do something big which sounds like it'll kind of help to distract everyone.""We could try actually improving...""No."
gollark: Since you appear, er, not dead.
gollark: Which is also a bad thing to base government policy on.
gollark: Regardless of whether having guns is a good idea or not, it's still a bit stupid to set government policy based on the latest terror attack.
gollark: It would be good, but someone will inevitably kill it a few electoral terms down the line.

References
  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, 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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