Palca District, Huancavelica

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

Palca P'allqa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Huancavelica
Founded	June 8, 1959
Capital	Palca
Area
• Total	82.08 km^2 (31.69 sq mi)
Elevation	3,650 m (11,980 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,527
• Density	43/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090114

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]

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)