Acobamba province

Acobamba is the smallest of the seven provinces located in the department of Huancavelica in Peru. The capital of this province is the city of Acobamba.

Boundaries North: province of Churcampa East: Ayacucho Region South: province of Angaraes West: province of Huancavelica

Political division The province is divided into eight districts, which are:

Acobamba (Acobamba) Andabamba (Andabamba) Anta (Anta) Caja (Caja) Marcas (Marcas) Paucará (Paucará) Pomacocha (Pomacocha) Rosario (Rosario)

Ethnic groups The people in the province are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.93%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.83% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

Acobamba province

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