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Marcas District is one of eight districts of the Acobamba Province in Peru.[1]

Marcas
District
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAcobamba
FoundedNovember 23, 1925
CapitalMarcas
Government
 • MayorVicente Jorge Torres
Area
 • Total155.87 km2 (60.18 sq mi)
Elevation
3,394 m (11,135 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total2,380
 • Density15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090205

Geography


One of the highest peaks of the district is Uma Kunka at approximately 4,000 m (13,000 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]


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).[3]


References


  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Acobamba Province (Huancavelica Region)
  3. 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)

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