Santo Domingo de Acobamba District
District in Junín, Peru
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Santo Domingo de Acobamba District is one of twenty-eight districts of the province Huancayo in Peru.[1]
Santo Domingo de Acobamba
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 Interactive map of Santo Domingo de Acobamba | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Junín |
| Province | Huancayo |
| Founded | September 6, 1920 |
| Capital | Santo Domingo de Acobamba |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Isaias Felipe Grabel Cano |
| Area | |
• Total | 778.02 km2 (300.40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,200 m (7,200 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,157 |
| • Density | 10.48/km2 (27.15/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 120135 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (71.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.47% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
