Anco District, La Mar

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Anco District
District
Anco District, La Mar
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province La Mar
Capital Chiquintirca
Government
 •  Mayor Wilder Manyavilca Silva
Area
 • Total
1,098.2 km2 (424.0 sq mi)
Elevation
3,215 m (10,548 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
14,551
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050502

Anco District is one of eight districts of the province La Mar 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 (93.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.44% 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)

13°06′51″S73°43′53″W / 13.1143°S 73.7313°W / -13.1143; -73.7313


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