Circa (hispanicized spelling of Sirka,
Aymara for vein of the body or a mine) is one of the nine
districts
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of the
Abancay Province in the
Apurímac Region in
Peru
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.
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
References
Districts of the Abancay province
Districts of the Department of Apurímac
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