Acomayo District
Appearance
Acomayo
Aqumayu | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Cusco |
Province | Acomayo |
Capital | Acomayo |
Government | |
• Mayor | Moises Ramos Villares |
Area | |
• Total | 141.27 km2 (54.54 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,207 m (10,522 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,062 |
• Density | 36/km2 (93/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 080201 |
Acomayo (in hispanicized spelling) or Aqumayu (Quechua aqu sand, mayu river, "sand river") is one of seven districts of the province Acomayo 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 (74.78%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.18% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
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