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Circa District

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Country
  
Peru

Capital
  
Circa

UBIGEO
  
030103

Area
  
641.7 km²

Region
  
Apurímac

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,120 m

Province
  
Abancay Province

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Circa (hispanicized spelling of Sirka, Aymara for vein of the body or a mine) is one of the nine districts of the Abancay Province in the Apurímac Region in Peru.

Contents

Map of Circa District, Peru

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.43%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.14% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Circa District Wikipedia