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Amashca District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in Peru.[1]

Amashca
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Carhuaz
Founded	December 14, 1941
Capital	Amashca
Government
• Mayor	Leoncio Jaime Cadillo Chapeton
Area
• Total	11.99 km2 (4.63 sq mi)
Elevation	2,850 m (9,350 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,745
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	020603

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.56%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.25% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Ancash Quechua

References

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