San Nicolás District, Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald
Appearance
San Nicolás District | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Ancash |
Province | Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald |
Founded | June 6, 1983 |
Capital | San Nicolás |
Government | |
• Mayor | Damasco Lidio Olortegui Romero |
Area | |
• Total | 197.39 km2 (76.21 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,875 m (9,432 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,762 |
• Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 020702 |
San Nicolás District is one of three districts of the province Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.03%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.36% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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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