Casma Province


The Casma Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region of Peru.

Political division

Casma is divided into four districts, which are:
DistrictMayor
Buena Vista AltaMaximo Pedro Vargas Cutamanca
CasmaJose Luis Lomparte Monteza
Comandante NoelJose Alejandro Montalvan Macedo
YautanJose Luis Del Carpio Melgarejo

Ethnic groups

The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood. 13.82% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language.