Capacmarca District

Capacmarca Qhapaqmarka
District
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Chumbivilcas
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Capacmarca
Government
• Mayor	John Abel Chavez Nina
Area
• Total	271.81 km^2 (104.95 sq mi)
Elevation	3,565 m (11,696 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	4,813
• Density	18/km^2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080702

Capacmarca District is one of eight districts of the province Chumbivilcas 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 (97.92%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.57% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Qañawimayu

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, 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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