Acobamba | |
Native Name: | Aqupampa |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | frameless |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Huancavelica |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Acobamba |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | 25 populated centers |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | January 15, 1943 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Acobamba |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Rolando Vargas Mendoza |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 123.02 |
Elevation M: | 2940 |
Population Total: | 8980 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | PET |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 090201 |
Website: | acobamba.hca.mp.gob.pe |
The Acobamba District is one of the eight districts in the Acobamba Province in Peru. It was created by Law No. 9718 on January 15, 1943.[1] Its capital is Acobamba.[2]
The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.07%) learnt to speak in childhood, 37.64% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]