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Canaria
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Víctor Fajardo
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Canaria
Government
• Mayor	Marino Fortunato Raymundo Conde
Area
• Total	263.88 km (101.88 sq mi)
Elevation	3,025 m (9,925 ft)
Population
• Total	3,415
• Density	13/km (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	051005

Canaria District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (69.09%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.08% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Kinwamayu

References

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

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