Country Peru Province Huancavelica Capital Palca Elevation 3,650 m | Region Huancavelica Founded June 8, 1959 Time zone PET (UTC-5) Area 82.08 km² | |
Palca District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica 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 (70.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.49% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
Palca District, Huancavelica Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA