Jangas District

Jangas District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaraz in Peru.[1]

Jangas
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huaraz
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Jangas
Government
• Mayor	Wilder Jhon Hinostroza Minaya
Area
• Total	59.84 km^2 (23.10 sq mi)
Elevation	2,825 m (9,268 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	4,345
• Density	73/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	020106

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (71.53%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.08 % of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. 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)