{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Circa | native_name = Sirka | native_name_lang = ay<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "es" for Spanish --> | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | image_map = | mapsize = frameless | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Circa in the Abancay province | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Peru}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Apurímac | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Abancay | parts_type = Subdivisions | parts_style = para | p1 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = Circa | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Asunto Gregorio Montoya Juro | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 641.68 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 3120 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 3105 | population_as_of = 2005 census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone1 = PET | utc_offset1 = -5 | blank_name_sec1 = UBIGEO | blank_info_sec1 = 030103 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Circa''' (hispanicized spelling of '''Sirka''', Aymara for vein of the body or a mine)<ref>{{Ref Bertonio}}</ref> is one of the nine districts of the Abancay Province in the Apurímac Region in Peru.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. ''[http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Digital] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=April 23, 2008 }}''. Retrieved April 4, 2008.</ref>
== Geography == Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:<ref name=escale>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Abancay Province (Apurímac Region)</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em| * Aklla Wasi * Aqu Q'asa * Atuq Pata * Chakana * Chaku Urqu * Chawpi * Chuntani * Hatun Ullukuyuq * Huch'uy Q'urawiri * Jach’a Marka * Kimsa P'unqu * Kimsa Wayna * Kuntur Llapana * Kuntur Pampa * Kuntur Uta * Kunturi Marka * K’ayrawi * K’awa Pallana * Llaksa * Llikawi * Mawk'allaqta * Nina Urqu * Pillpintu * Pinqulluni * Pisqa Qucha * Pukara * Qala Saywa * Qillqas * Qiñwa Marka * Qiñwa Urqu * Qucha Pata * Qumiñawi * Q’ala Chukchu * Q'urawiri * Rumi Chaka * Sawsayuq * Sunqun Marka * Suntur * Sura Pata * Uqhu Pata * Warisqa * Warmi Rumi * Wik'uña Wat'a * Willkawara * Yana Qaqa * 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 (79.43%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.14% 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=January 27, 2013 }} INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)</ref>
== See also == * Qiwllaqucha * Wask'aqucha
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Districts of Apurímac Region}}
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Category:Districts of the Abancay province Category:Districts of the Department of Apurímac
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