Acoria District

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Acoria
District
Puente de 2 Niveles.jpg
Stone bridge in Acoria
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Huancavelica
Capital Acoria
Government
 •  Mayor Leonidas Leopoldo Bendezu Fernandez
Area
 • Total535.1 km2 (206.6 sq mi)
Elevation
3,167 m (10,390 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total27,713
 • Density52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090103

Acoria District is one of nineteen districts of the Huancavelica Province in Peru. [1]

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Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Pichqa Pukyu at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.44%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.35% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

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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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Huancavelica Province (Huancavelica Region)
  3. ↑ 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)

Coordinates: 12°38′34″S74°51′42″W / 12.6429°S 74.8616°W / -12.6429; -74.8616

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