Palca District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica in Peru.[1]
Palca
P'allqa | |
|---|---|
 Palca District, Huancavelica | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Huancavelica |
| Province | Huancavelica |
| Founded | June 8, 1959 |
| Capital | Palca |
| Area | |
• Total | 82.08 km2 (31.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,650 m (11,980 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,527 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 090114 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (70.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.49% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 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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