Marías District is one of nine
districts
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of the province
Dos de Mayo
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in
Peru
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.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:
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Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology)
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citizens of Quechua
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*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
descent. Quechua
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*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
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
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
language (2007 Peru Census
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).
See also
* Qiwllaqucha
References
Districts of the Department of Huánuco
Districts of the Dos de Mayo province
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