Alca District

Alca
District
Main square of Alca
Main square of Alca
Interactive map of Alca
Country Peru
RegionArequipa
ProvinceLa Unión
FoundedMay 4, 1835
CapitalAlca
Government
 • MayorBenjamin Barrios Bellido
Area
 • Total
193.42 km2 (74.68 sq mi)
Elevation
2,750 m (9,020 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,263
 • Density11.70/km2 (30.30/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO040802

Alca District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (78.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.69% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

References

  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 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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