Pomacocha District, Acobamba

This article is about the district in the Huancavelica Region, Peru. For other uses, see Pumaqucha.

Pomacocha Pumaqucha
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Acobamba
Founded	January 15, 1943
Capital	Pomacocha
Government
•  Mayor	Salvador Calderon Belito
Area
• Total	53.66 km2 (20.72 sq mi)
Elevation	3,150 m (10,330 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,965
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090207

Pomacocha 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 (78.82%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.61% 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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