Palca District, Huancavelica

Palca District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica in Peru.[1]

Palca

P'allqa
District
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceHuancavelica
FoundedJune 8, 1959
CapitalPalca
Area
 • Total82.08 km2 (31.69 sq mi)
Elevation
3,650 m (11,980 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total3,527
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090114

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (70.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.49% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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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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