Masin District (original) (raw)
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District in Ancash, Peru
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Huari |
| Founded | February 2, 1956 |
| Capital | Masin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pablo Malvaceda Ortega |
| Area | |
| • Total | 75.33 km2 (29.09 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,550 m (8,370 ft) |
| Population (2005 census) | |
| • Total | 2,024 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 021009 |
Masin District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province in Peru.[1]
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (71.36%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.21% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 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)
9°20′10″S 77°10′50″W / 9.33600°S 77.18049°W / -9.33600; -77.18049