Acraquia District

Acraquia District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.^[1]

Acraquia
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Tayacaja
Founded	September 9, 1954
Capital	Acraquia
Government
• Mayor	Roger Hermogenes Huaripata Solier
Area
• Total	110.27 km2 (42.58 sq mi)
Elevation	3,287 m (10,784 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	5,061
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090703

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (51.68%) learnt to speak in childhood, 47.98% 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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