Alcamenca District

Alcamenca
District
Alcamenca is located in Peru
Alcamenca
Alcamenca
Location within Peru
Coordinates: 13°40′S 74°13′W / 13.67°S 74.21°W / -13.67; -74.21
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceVíctor Fajardo
FoundedJanuary 9, 1936
CapitalAlcamenca
Government
 • MayorEdwin Luciano Campos Cisneros
Area
 • Total
125.11 km2 (48.31 sq mi)
Elevation
3,200 m (10,500 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
1,974
 • Density15.78/km2 (40.87/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO051002

Alcamenca District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo 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 (93.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.30% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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)