Shupluy District

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

Shupluy
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Yungay
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Shupluy
Government
• Mayor	Guillermo Julian Ybarra Giraldo
Area
• Total	162.21 km^2 (62.63 sq mi)
Elevation	2,538 m (8,327 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,382
• Density	15/km^2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	022007

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.52%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.29% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Kima Tullpa
• Puka Hirka

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)