Alca District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.[1]
Alca | |
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 Main square of Alca | |
 Interactive map of Alca | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Arequipa |
| Province | La Unión |
| Founded | May 4, 1835 |
| Capital | Alca |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Benjamin Barrios Bellido |
| Area | |
• Total | 193.42 km2 (74.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,750 m (9,020 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,263 |
| • Density | 11.70/km2 (30.30/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 040802 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (78.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.69% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ (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)
15°08′50″S 72°46′52″W / 15.1471°S 72.7811°W
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