Ranrahirca District

Ranrahirca District is one of eight districts of the province Yungay in Peru.[1]

Ranrahirca Ranrahirka
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Yungay
Founded	October 15, 1941
Capital	Ranrahirca
Government
• Mayor	Juan Richer Julca Morales
Area
• Total	22.89 km^2 (8.84 sq mi)
Elevation	2,475 m (8,120 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,291
• Density	140/km^2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	022006

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (52.53%) learnt to speak in childhood, 47.09% 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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)