Alcamenca District

Alcamenca
District
Country  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Víctor Fajardo
Founded January 9, 1936
Capital Alcamenca
Government
 • Mayor Edwin Luciano Campos Cisneros
Area
 • Total 125.11 km2 (48.31 sq mi)
Elevation 3,200 m (10,500 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 1,974
 • Density 16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 051002

Alcamenca District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo 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 (93.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.30% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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)

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