Acopampa District

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Acopampa
Aqupampa
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Acobamba
Acopampa District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Carhuaz
FoundedDecember 5, 1941
Capital Acopampa
Government
   Mayor Julian Victor Chavez Graza
Area
  Total
14.17 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Elevation
2,725 m (8,940 ft)
Population
  Total
2,338
  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]

See also

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)

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