Acraquia District

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Acraquia
Acraquia District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Tayacaja
FoundedSeptember 9, 1954
Capital Acraquia
Government
   Mayor Roger Hermogenes Huaripata Solier
Area
  Total
110.27 km2 (42.58 sq mi)
Elevation
3,287 m (10,784 ft)
Population
  Total
5,061
  Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090703

Acraquia District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja 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 (51.68%) learnt to speak in childhood, 47.98% 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)

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