Rosario District, Acobamba

Rosario District is one of eight districts of the province Acobamba in Peru.[1]

Rosario District
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAcobamba
FoundedNovember 24, 1955
CapitalRosario
Government
  MayorMagno Tuscano Huamani
Area
  Total97.07 km2 (37.48 sq mi)
Elevation
3,640 m (11,940 ft)
Population
  Total6,791
  Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090208

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (97.21%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.57% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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. 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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