Acos Vinchos District

Acos Vinchos District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.[1]

Acos Vinchos
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceHuamanga
CapitalAcos Vinchos
Government
  MayorFlor Rosmeri Perez Barreto
Area
  Total152.28 km2 (58.80 sq mi)
Elevation
2,848 m (9,344 ft)
Population
  Total4,882
  Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050103

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (93.01%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.78% 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 2008-04-23 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)

13.1142°S 74.1046°W / -13.1142; -74.1046

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