The Acobamba District is one of the eight
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
in the
Acobamba Province
The Acobamba Province is the smallest of seven Provinces of Peru, provinces located in the Department of Huancavelica of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Acobamba.
Boundaries
*North: Churcampa Province
*East: Ayacucho Region
*Sout ...
in
Peru
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. It was created by Law No. 9718 on January 15, 1943. Its capital is
Acobamba
Acobamba is a town in Peru. It is the capital of Acobamba District, Acobamba, Acobamba district, in Acobamba Province of Department of Huancavelica.
According to the 2017 Peru Census, it has a population of 8,980.
References
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Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly
Indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
citizens of
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
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descent.
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
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is the language which the majority of the population (62.07%) learnt to speak in childhood, 37.64% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
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language (
2007 Peru Census
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...
).
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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
See also
* Killa Mach'ay
References
External links
*
Official municipal website
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