Santo Domingo de Acobamba District
Santo Domingo de Acobamba Aqupampa | |
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District | |
Country | Peru |
Region | Junín |
Province | Huancayo |
Founded | September 6, 1920 |
Capital | Santo Domingo de Acobamba |
Government | |
• Mayor | Isaias Felipe Grabel Cano |
Area | |
• Total | 778.02 km2 (300.40 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,200 m (7,200 ft) |
Population (2005 census) | |
• Total | 8,157 |
• Density | 10/km2 (27/sq mi) |
Time zone | PET (UTC-5) |
UBIGEO | 120135 |
Santo Domingo de Acobamba District is one of twenty-eight districts of the province Huancayo 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 (71.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.47% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
- ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
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