Pomacocha District, Acobamba

This article is about the district in the Huancavelica Region, Peru. For other uses, see Pumaqucha.
Pomacocha
Pumaqucha
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAcobamba
FoundedJanuary 15, 1943
CapitalPomacocha
Government
 • MayorSalvador Calderon Belito
Area
 • Total
53.66 km2 (20.72 sq mi)
Elevation
3,150 m (10,330 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,965
 • Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090207

Pomacocha District is one of eight districts of the province Acobamba 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 (78.82%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.61% 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)


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