Caja District

Caja
District
Interactive map of Caja
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAcobamba
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
CapitalCaja
Government
 • MayorEliceo Izarra Tovar
Area
 • Total
82.39 km2 (31.81 sq mi)
Elevation
3,668 m (12,034 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,009
 • Density36.52/km2 (94.59/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090204

Caja District is one of eight districts of the province Acobamba 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 (82.85%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.58% 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 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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