Accomarca District

Accomarca District is one of eight districts of the province Vilcas Huamán in Peru.[1]

Accomarca
Aqumarka
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceVilcas Huamán
FoundedJanuary 29, 1965
CapitalAccomarca
Area
  Total82.43 km2 (31.83 sq mi)
Elevation
3,351 m (10,994 ft)
Population
  Total1,836
  Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO051102

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.64%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.13% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. 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)

13.8105°S 73.8688°W / -13.8105; -73.8688

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