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Acomayo District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Acomayo

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,207 m

Region
  
Cusco

Capital
  
Acomayo

UBIGEO
  
080201

Area
  
141.3 km²

Acomayo (in hispanicized spelling) or Aqumayu (Quechua aqu sand, mayu river, "sand river") is one of seven districts of the province Acomayo 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 (74.78%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.18% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Acomayo District Wikipedia