Alcamenca | |
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Alcamenca Location of Alcamenca in the Víctor Fajardo Province | |
Coordinates: 13°40′S 74°13′W / 13.67°S 74.21°W | |
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 | |
• Total | 1,974 |
• Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
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
- ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ↑ 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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