Alcamenca District

District in Ayacucho, Peru

13°40′S 74°13′W / 13.67°S 74.21°W / -13.67; -74.21Country

PeruRegionAyacuchoProvinceVíctor FajardoFoundedJanuary 9, 1936CapitalAlcamencaGovernment

• MayorEdwin Luciano Campos CisnerosArea

• Total125.11 km² (48.31 sq mi)Elevation

3,200 m (10,500 ft)Population

(2005 census)

• Total1,974 • Density16/km² (41/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)UBIGEO051002

Alcamenca District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo in Peru.^[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (93.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.30% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)