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Acochaca District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
December 30, 1983

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,350 m

Province
  
Asunción Province

Region
  
Ancash

Capital
  
Acochaca

UBIGEO
  
020402

Area
  
80.97 km²

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Acochaca or Aquchaka (Quechua aqu sand, chaka bridge, "sand bridge") is one of two districts of the province Asunción in 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 (92.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.99% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Acochaca District Wikipedia