Acopampa District

Acopampa Aqupampa
District
Acobamba
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Carhuaz
Founded	December 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  (2005 census)
• Total	2,338
• Density	160/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]

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

• Ancash Quechua

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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