Casca District

Casca District is one of eight districts of the province Mariscal Luzuriaga in Peru.[1]

Casca
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Mariscal Luzuriaga
Founded	October 17, 1944
Capital	Casca
Government
• Mayor	Yone Walter Valverde Chauca
Area
• Total	77.38 km^2 (29.88 sq mi)
Elevation	3,132 m (10,276 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	4,278
• Density	55/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021302

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (93.09%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.63% 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)