Capacmarca District

Capacmarca
Qhapaqmarka
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionCusco
ProvinceChumbivilcas
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
CapitalCapacmarca
Government
 • MayorJohn Abel Chavez Nina
Area
 • Total
271.81 km2 (104.95 sq mi)
Elevation
3,565 m (11,696 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
4,813
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO080702

Capacmarca District is one of eight districts of the province Chumbivilcas 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 (97.92%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.57% 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 January 27, 2013, 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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