Shilla District

Shilla
District
Coat of arms of Shilla
Coat of arms
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceCarhuaz
FoundedDecember 14, 1934
CapitalShilla
Government
 • MayorVidal Orlando Collpa Leyva
Area
 • Total
130.19 km2 (50.27 sq mi)
Elevation
3,910 m (12,830 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
2,789
 • Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020609
Websitemunishilla.gob.pe

Shilla District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.48%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.23% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que apredió hablar (in Spanish)

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