Anta District, Carhuaz

Anta (Quechua for "copper") is one of eleven districts of Carhuaz Province in Peru.[1]

Anta District
District
Anta District Location of Anta in the Carhuaz Province
Coordinates: 9°15′S 78°03′W
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Carhuaz
Founded	November 28, 1910
Capital	Anta
Government
• Mayor	Miguel Oswaldo Antunez Castillo
Area
• Total	40.77 km^2 (15.74 sq mi)
Elevation	2,791 m (9,157 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,424
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	020604

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (67.24%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.53% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Ancash Quechua

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. 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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)