Anta District, Acobamba

Anta District
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Acobamba
Founded	January 15, 1943
Capital	Anta
Government
•  Mayor	Maximiliano Taipe Palacios
Area
• Total	91.36 km2 (35.27 sq mi)
Elevation	3,600 m (11,800 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	6,466
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090203

Anta District is one of eight districts of the province Acobamba 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 (98.48%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.37% 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 April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, 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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