Cañaris District
Appearance
Cañaris | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Lambayeque |
Province | Ferreñafe |
Founded | February 17, 1951 |
Capital | Cañaris |
Government | |
• Mayor | Antonio Ventura Lizana |
Area | |
• Total | 284.88 km2 (109.99 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,421 m (7,943 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 12,691 |
• Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 140202 |
Cañaris District (Kañaris in Quechua) is one of six districts of the province Ferreñafe in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua or Cañari descendants of mitimaes. Quechua Inkawasi-Kañaris Quechua) is the language which the majority of the population (63.65%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.68% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)