Anta District, Acobamba

Anta District is one of eight districts of the province Acobamba in Peru.[1]

Anta District
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAcobamba
FoundedJanuary 15, 1943
CapitalAnta
Government
 • MayorMaximiliano Taipe Palacios
Area
 • Total91.36 km2 (35.27 sq mi)
Elevation
3,600 m (11,800 ft)
Population
 • Total6,466
 • Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090203

Ethnic groups

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The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (98.48%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

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  1. ^ (in 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 Archived January 27, 2013, 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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