Alca District

Alca
District

Main square of Alca
Country  Peru
Region Arequipa
Province La Unión
Founded May 4, 1835
Capital Alca
Government
 • Mayor Benjamin Barrios Bellido
Area
 • Total 193.42 km2 (74.68 sq mi)
Elevation 2,750 m (9,020 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 2,263
 • Density 12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 040802

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. ↑ (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 INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 15°08′50″S 72°46′52″W / 15.1471°S 72.7811°W / -15.1471; -72.7811

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