Acraquia District
Acraquia | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Huancavelica |
Province | Tayacaja |
Founded | September 9, 1954 |
Capital | Acraquia |
Government | |
• Mayor | Roger Hermogenes Huaripata Solier |
Area | |
• Total | 110.27 km2 (42.58 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,287 m (10,784 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,061 |
• Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 090703 |
Acraquia District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (51.68%) learnt to speak in childhood, 47.98% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)