Caja District is one of eight districts of the province Acobamba in Peru.[1]

Caja
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAcobamba
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
CapitalCaja
Government
 • MayorEliceo Izarra Tovar
Area
 • Total82.39 km2 (31.81 sq mi)
Elevation
3,668 m (12,034 ft)
Population
 • Total3,009
 • Density37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090204

Ethnic groups

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The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (82.85%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.58% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

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  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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