Marías District

Marías District is one of nine districts of the province Dos de Mayo in Peru.[1]

Marías
District
Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvinceDos de Mayo
FoundedMay 12, 1962
CapitalMarías
Government
 • MayorGrover Lucio Vasquez Salazar
Area
 • Total608.05 km2 (234.77 sq mi)
Elevation
3,484 m (11,430 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total7,017
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO100311

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[2]

Ethnic groups

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]

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See also

References
  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Dos de Mayo Province (HUánuco Region)
  3. 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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