Acobamba Province
The Acobamba Province is the smallest of seven provinces located in the Department of Huancavelica of Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Acobamba.
Boundaries
- North: Churcampa Province
- East: Ayacucho Region
- South: Angaraes Province
- West: Huancavelica Province
Political division
The province is divided into eight districts, which are:
- Acobamba (Acobamba)
- Andabamba (Andabamba)
- Anta (Anta)
- Caja (Caja)
- Marcas (Marcas)
- Paucará (Paucará)
- Pomacocha (Pomacocha)
- Rosario (Rosario)
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.93%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.83 % of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
See also
Sources
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
External links
- (in Spanish) Official municipal website
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