Marcas District

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

Marcas
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Acobamba
Founded	November 23, 1925
Capital	Marcas
Government
• Mayor	Vicente Jorge Torres
Area
• Total	155.87 km^2 (60.18 sq mi)
Elevation	3,394 m (11,135 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,380
• Density	15/km^2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090205

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]

• Añas Waqra
• Mulli Pata
• Parquy Urqu
• P'iqiri
• Qullqi Q'asa
• Q'illu Urqu
• Sapalluyuq
• Silla Qucha
• Tinyaq Urqu
• Wik'uñayuq
• Yana Urqu

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)