Acopampa District

Acopampa or Aqupampa (Quechua aqu sand, pampa large plain, "sand plain") is one of eleven districts of the province Carhuaz in Peru.[1]

Acopampa
Aqupampa
Acobamba
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceCarhuaz
FoundedDecember 5, 1941
CapitalAcopampa
Government
  MayorJulian Victor Chavez Graza
Area
  Total14.17 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Elevation
2,725 m (8,940 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total2,338
  Density160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020602

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.21%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.90% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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See also

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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)


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