Marías District

District in Huánuco, Peru

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

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

Geography

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

Aquy P'itiq
Chuskuqucha
Hanka Punta
Hanka Wasi
Hatun Punta
Hatun P'unqu
Kimsaqucha
Kushuru
Khuchi Mach'ay
Maray
Pampa Wasi
Puka Hirka
P'itiq
Qiwllaqucha
Quriqucha
Riku Hirka
Saqra Waqra
Tikti Punta
Tuna Kancha
Ukru Wayin
Wamash Punta
Wank'amayu
Wank'a Ukru Punta
Wayta Hirka Punta
Wiru Wiru
Yana Mach'ay

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]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Dos de Mayo Province (HUánuco Region)
^ "INEI - Redatam - 2007". iinei.inei.gob.pe. Retrieved 2022-08-08.