Anco District, Churcampa

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Anco District
District
Anco District, Churcampa
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Churcampa
Capital La Esmeralda
Government
 •  Mayor Delfin Huarcaya Palante
Area
 • Total
275.03 km2 (106.19 sq mi)
Elevation
2,404 m (7,887 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
9,373
 • Density34/km2 (88/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090502

Anco District is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa in Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.06%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.49% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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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)

12°40′58″S74°35′15″W / 12.6828°S 74.5874°W / -12.6828; -74.5874


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