Casma Province
Province in Ancash, Peru
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Location of Casma in the Ancash Region
The Casma Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region of Peru.
Political division
Casma is divided into four districts, which are:
District | Mayor |
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Buena Vista Alta | Maximo Pedro Vargas Cutamanca |
Casma | Jose Luis Lomparte Monteza |
Comandante Noel | Jose Alejandro Montalvan Macedo |
Yautan | Jose Luis Del Carpio Melgarejo |
Ethnic groups
The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (85.95%) learnt to speak in childhood. 13.82% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).[1]
Sources
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
External links
- (in Spanish) Official website of the Casma Province
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9°28′01″S 78°19′01″W / 9.467°S 78.317°W / -9.467; -78.317
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