Lucma District, Mariscal Luzuriaga

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

Lucma
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Mariscal Luzuriaga
Founded	May 3, 1960
Capital	Lucma
Government
• Mayor	Senon Alejandro Garcia Antonio
Area
• Total	77.37 km^2 (29.87 sq mi)
Elevation	3,083 m (10,115 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,286
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021307

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.19%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.27% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Ancash Quechua
• Pukarahu
• Tuqtupampa
• Urqunqucha
• Wiqruqucha

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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)