Accha District

Accha District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro in Peru.[1]

Accha District
District
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Paruro
Capital	Accha
Government
• Mayor	Ronald Nuñez Valdez
Area
• Total	244.75 km^2 (94.50 sq mi)
Elevation	3,579 m (11,742 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,879
• Density	16/km^2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	081002

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Saywa at approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

• Chuqichampi
• Kimsa Pukyu
• Kuntur Sinqa
• Ñuñu Quta
• Puma Urqu
• Q'iru
• Wank'a Marka Q'asa

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (90.20%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.41% 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 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Paruro Province (Cusco 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)