Luis Carranza District

Luis Carranza District is one of eight districts of the province La Mar in Peru.[1]

Luis Carranza
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceLa Mar
FoundedDecember 11, 1963
CapitalPampas
Government
 • MayorSocrates Gutierrez Alarcon
Area
 • Total207.64 km2 (80.17 sq mi)
Elevation
2,952 m (9,685 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total2,455
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050506

Annexes of Luis Carranza District
  • Ancamarca
  • Ahua
  • Huachinga
  • Amaccoto
  • Asnaccpampa
  • Ccopayoc
  • Ccayhuayoc
  • Parobamba
  • Tucubamba
  • Mechecc
  • Chaupiloma
  • Chaquipuqio
  • Sayripata
  • Chinchipata
  • Petecc
  • Mollepucro
  • Paccaypampa
  • Moyocc
  • Pampas
  • Huaiccohuasi

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.02%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.72% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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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 aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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