Acoria District

Acoria District is one of nineteen districts of the Huancavelica Province in Peru.[1]

Acoria
District
Stone bridge in Acoria
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Huancavelica
Capital	Acoria
Government
• Mayor	Leonidas Leopoldo Bendezu Fernandez
Area
• Total	535.1 km^2 (206.6 sq mi)
Elevation	3,167 m (10,390 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	27,713
• Density	52/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090103

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Pichqa Pukyu at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

• Asna Qucha
• Hatun Urqu
• Lima Lima
• Mulli Pata
• Muntiruyuq
• Qiñwa Pata
• Sallqantuy
• Suyu Qaqa
• Tika Wasi
• T'ula Urqun
• T'uru Rumi Urqu
• Willka P'iti
• Yana Chaka
• Yuraq Qaqa

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.44%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.35% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

• Llaqta Qulluy

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Huancavelica Province (Huancavelica Region)
3. 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)