Acopampa District

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Acopampa
Aqupampa
District
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Acobamba
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Carhuaz
FoundedDecember 5, 1941
Capital Acopampa
Government
 •  Mayor Julian Victor Chavez Graza
Area
 • Total14.17 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Elevation
2,725 m (8,940 ft)
Population
 • Total2,338
 • Density160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 020602

Acopampa or Aqupampa (Quechua aqu sand, pampa large plain, "sand plain") is one of eleven districts of the province of Carhuaz in Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.21%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.90% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 9°16′59″S77°36′00″W / 9.28306°S 77.60000°W / -9.28306; -77.60000


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