Alca District
Appearance
Alca | |
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![]() Main square of Alca | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Arequipa |
Province | La Unión |
Founded | May 4, 1835 |
Capital | Alca |
Government | |
• Mayor | Benjamin Barrios Bellido |
Area | |
• Total | 193.42 km2 (74.68 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,750 m (9,020 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,263 |
• Density | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 040802 |
Alca District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (78.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.69% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, 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)