Alca District

Alca
District
Main square of Alca
Main square of Alca
Map
Country Peru
RegionArequipa
ProvinceLa Unión
FoundedMay 4, 1835
CapitalAlca
Government
 • MayorBenjamin Barrios Bellido
Area
 • Total
193.42 km2 (74.68 sq mi)
Elevation
2,750 m (9,020 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,263
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO040802

Alca District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión 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 (78.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.69% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, 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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