San Luis District | |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | frameless |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Ancash |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts Style: | para |
Established Title: | Founded |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | San Luis |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Wilder Carlos Fitzcarrald Bravo |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 256.45 |
Elevation M: | 3131 |
Population Total: | 11887 |
Population As Of: | 2005 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | PET |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 020701 |
San Luis District is one of three districts of the province Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald in Peru.[1]
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (88.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.87 % of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]