Circa District

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Circa

Sirka
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Abancay
Capital Circa
Government
 •  Mayor Asunto Gregorio Montoya Juro
Area
 • Total641.68 km2 (247.75 sq mi)
Elevation
3,120 m (10,240 ft)
Population
 • Total3,105
 • Density4.8/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030103

Circa (hispanicized spelling of Sirka, Aymara for vein of the body or a mine) [1] is one of the nine districts of the Abancay Province in the Apurímac Region in Peru. [2]

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Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below: [3]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.43%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.14% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [4]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Abancay Province (Apurímac Region)
  4. ↑ 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)

Coordinates: 13°52′26″S72°52′23″W / 13.87389°S 72.87306°W / -13.87389; -72.87306


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