Marcará District
District in Ancash, Peru
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Marcará District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in Peru.[1]
Marcará | |
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Peru 2010 | |
 Interactive map of Marcará | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Carhuaz |
| Founded | October 6, 1905 |
| Capital | Marcará |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jorge Patricio Cruz Lazaro |
| Area | |
• Total | 157.49 km2 (60.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,726 m (8,944 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,879 |
| • Density | 56.38/km2 (146.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 020606 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (76.61%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.08% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
