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Carhuaz District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in the Ancash Region of Peru.[1] Its seat is Carhuaz.

Carhuaz Qarwa
District
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Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Carhuaz
Capital	Carhuaz
Government
• Mayor	Oscar Roosevelt Cerna Gomez
Area
• Total	194.62 km2 (75.14 sq mi)
Elevation	2,638 m (8,655 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	13,615
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	020601

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (67.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.60% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Ancash Quechua

References

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