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Achaya District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Azángaro

Capital
  
Achaya

Elevation
  
3,846 m

Region
  
Puno

Founded
  
May 2, 1854

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
132.2 km²

Achaya District is one of fifteen districts of the province Azángaro in Peru.

Contents

Map of Achaya District, Peru

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.78%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.74% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Achaya District Wikipedia