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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 km (234.77 sq mi)
Elevation	3,484 m (11,430 ft)
Population
• Total	7,017
• Density	12/km (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.

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:

• 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).

See also

• Qiwllaqucha

References

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

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