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Marías District is one of nine districts of the province Dos de Mayo in Peru.[1]

Marías
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Dos de Mayo
Founded	May 12, 1962
Capital	Marías
Government
• Mayor	Grover Lucio Vasquez Salazar
Area
• Total	608.05 km2 (234.77 sq mi)
Elevation	3,484 m (11,430 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	7,017
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	100311

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.28% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

• Qiwllaqucha

References

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