Caja District

Caja
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Acobamba
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Caja
Government
•  Mayor	Eliceo Izarra Tovar
Area
• Total	82.39 km2 (31.81 sq mi)
Elevation	3,668 m (12,034 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,009
• Density	37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090204

Caja 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 (82.85%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.58% 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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