Yuracmarca or Yuraq Marka (Quechua yuraq white, marka village, "white village") is one of 10 districts of the Huaylas Province in the Ancash Region of Peru. The capital of the district is the village of Yuracmarca. Official web site of the Yuracmarca district
Geography The district is located in the eastern part of the province at an elevation of 1,518m, 122 km from the regions capital Huaraz and 55 km from the province's capital Caraz.
The Cordillera Blanca traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region)
Political division The Caraz District is divided into 1 village, 4 hamlets (, singular: caserío) and 29 (, singular: anexo):
Hamlets El Cruce Taruc Arca Quitaracza Santa Rosa
Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (50.35%) learnt to speak in childhood, 49.19% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
See also Pukaqucha Quyllurqucha Wiqruqucha
References
External links Official web site of the Yuracmarca district