Circa District

Circa (hispanicized spelling of Sirka, Aymara for vein of the body or a mine) is one of the nine districts of the Abancay Province in the Apurímac Region in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital . Retrieved April 4, 2008.

Geography Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Abancay Province (Apurímac Region)

Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.43%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.14% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

See also Qiwllaqucha Wask'aqucha

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