San Luis District, Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald

San Luis
District

Church of San Luis
Country  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald
Capital San Luis
Government
 • Mayor Wilder Carlos Fitzcarrald Bravo
Area
 • Total 256.45 km2 (99.02 sq mi)
Elevation 3,131 m (10,272 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 11,887
 • Density 46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 020701

San Luis District is one of three districts of the province Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald 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 (88.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.87 % of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 9°04′59″S 77°21′00″W / 9.08306°S 77.35000°W / -9.08306; -77.35000

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