Aczo District

Aczo
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Antonio Raymondi
Founded	February 2, 1956
Capital	Aczo
Government
•  Mayor	Juan Moises Chavarria (2019-2022)
Area
• Total	69.03 km2 (26.65 sq mi)
Elevation	2,661 m (8,730 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	1,918
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	020302

Aczo District is one of six districts of the Antonio Raymondi Province in Peru. ^[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (73.18%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.55% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 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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