Acobamba Province | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Huancavelica |
Seat: | Acobamba |
Population Total: | 38208 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Area Total Km2: | 910.82 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Districts |
Blank Info Sec1: | 8 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Rolando Vargas Mendoza |
Blank Name Sec2: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec2: | 0902 |
The Acobamba Province is the smallest of seven provinces located in the Department of Huancavelica of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Acobamba.
The province is divided into eight districts, which are:
The people in the province are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.93%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.83 % of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[1]