Palca District, Huancavelica

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Palca
P'allqa
District
Panoramica de Huancavelica.jpg
Palca District, Huancavelica
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Huancavelica
FoundedJune 8, 1959
Capital Palca
Area
 • Total82.08 km2 (31.69 sq mi)
Elevation
3,650 m (11,980 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total3,527
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090114

Palca District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica 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 (70.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.49% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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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. ↑ 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°39′24″S74°58′50″W / 12.6567°S 74.9806°W / -12.6567; -74.9806

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