Pomacocha District, Acobamba
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Pomacocha
Pumaqucha | |
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Country | ![]() |
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 | |
• 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
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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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