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Anta District
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Acobamba
Founded	January 15, 1943
Capital	Anta
Government
• Mayor	Maximiliano Taipe Palacios
Area
• Total	91.36 km (35.27 sq mi)
Elevation	3,600 m (11,800 ft)
Population
• Total	6,466
• Density	71/km (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090203

Anta District is one of eight districts of the province Acobamba in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (98.48%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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