Santo Domingo de Acobamba District explained

Santo Domingo de Acobamba
Native Name:Aqupampa
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:frameless
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Peru
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Junín
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Huancayo
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:para
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:September 6, 1920
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Santo Domingo de Acobamba
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Isaias Felipe Grabel Cano
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:778.02
Elevation M:2200
Population Total:8157
Population As Of:2005 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:PET
Utc Offset1:-5
Blank Name Sec1:UBIGEO
Blank Info Sec1:120135

Santo Domingo de Acobamba District is one of twenty-eight districts of the province Huancayo 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 (71.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.47% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

Notes and References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe