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Rosario District, Acobamba

Coordinates: 12°43′16″S 74°34′57″W / 12.7211°S 74.5825°W / -12.7211; -74.5825
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Rosario District
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Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAcobamba
FoundedNovember 24, 1955
CapitalRosario
Government
 • MayorMagno Tuscano Huamani
Area
 • Total
97.07 km2 (37.48 sq mi)
Elevation
3,640 m (11,940 ft)
Population
 • Total
6,791
 • Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090208

Rosario District is one of eight districts of the province Acobamba in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

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The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (97.21%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.57% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

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  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)


12°43′16″S 74°34′57″W / 12.7211°S 74.5825°W / -12.7211; -74.5825