Pomacocha District, Acobamba

Pomacocha District is one of eight districts of the province Acobamba in Peru.[1]

This article is about the district in the Huancavelica Region, Peru. For other uses, see Pumaqucha.
Pomacocha
Pumaqucha
District
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAcobamba
FoundedJanuary 15, 1943
CapitalPomacocha
Government
 • MayorSalvador Calderon Belito
Area
 • Total53.66 km2 (20.72 sq mi)
Elevation
3,150 m (10,330 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total3,965
 • Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090207

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (78.82%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.61% 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)

12.8741°S 74.5317°W / -12.8741; -74.5317

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