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12°24′24″S 74°54′05″W / 12.4068°S 74.9014°W / -12.4068; -74.9014
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Acraquia
Country  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Tayacaja
FoundedSeptember 9, 1954
Capital Acraquia
Government
 •  MayorRoger Hermogenes Huaripata Solier
Area
 • Total110.27 km2 (42.58 sq mi)
Elevation
3,287 m (10,784 ft)
Population
 • Total5,061
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 ( PET)
UBIGEO090703

Acraquia District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja 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 (51.68%) learnt to speak in childhood, 47.98% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language ( 2007 Peru Census). [2]

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 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)


12°24′24″S 74°54′05″W / 12.4068°S 74.9014°W / -12.4068; -74.9014