{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Acochaca | native_name = Aquchaka | native_name_lang = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "es" for Spanish --> | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = Acochaca.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_shield = COA Acochaca District in Asunción Province.png | shield_alt = | nickname = | image_map = | mapsize = frameless | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Acochaca in the Asunción province | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Peru}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Ancash | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Asunción | parts_type = Subdivisions | parts_style = para | p1 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = December 30, 1983 | seat_type = Capital | seat = Acochaca | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Edgar Benedicto Arce Ramirez | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 80.97 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 3350 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 4079 | population_as_of = 2005 census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone1 = PET | utc_offset1 = -5 | blank_name_sec1 = UBIGEO | blank_info_sec1 = 020402 | website = [http://www.muniacochaca.gob.pe muniacochaca.gob.pe] | footnotes = }} '''Acochaca''' or '''Aquchaka''' (Quechua ''aqu'' sand, ''chaka'' bridge, "sand bridge") is one of two districts of the province Asunción in Peru.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. ''[http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Distrital] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=2008-04-23 }}''. Retrieved April 11, 2008.</ref>
== Ethnic groups == The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.99% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).<ref>[http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127005551/http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales%3Fori%3DC |date=2013-01-27 }} INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que apredió hablar (in Spanish)</ref>
== See also == * Ancash Quechua
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090203112408/http://muniacochaca.gob.pe/ Municipal web site]
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