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Marcas District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Acobamba

Capital
  
Marcas

Elevation
  
3,394 m

Region
  
Huancavelica

Founded
  
November 23, 1925

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
155.9 kmĀ²

Marcas District is one of eight districts of the province Acobamba in Peru.

Contents

Map of Marcas 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 (80.31%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.33% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Marcas District Wikipedia