Ranrahirca District

Ranrahirca District is one of eight districts of the Yungay Province in Peru.^[1]

Ranrahirca Ranrahirka
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Yungay
Founded	October 15, 1941
Capital	Ranrahirca
Area
• Total	22.89 km2 (8.84 sq mi)
Elevation	2,475 m (8,120 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,291
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	022006

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (52.53%) learnt to speak in childhood, 47.09% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]