Alca District

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Alca
District
Main square of Alca
Main square of Alca
Country  Peru
Region Arequipa
Province La Unión
Founded May 4, 1835
Capital Alca
Government
 • Mayor Benjamin Barrios Bellido
Area
 • Total 193.42 km2 (74.68 sq mi)
Elevation 2,750 m (9,020 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 2,263
 • Density 12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 040802

Alca District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.[1]

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).[2]

See also

References

  1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)


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