San Miguel de Aco District

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San Miguel de Aco
Aqu
District
San Miguel de Aco District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Carhuaz
FoundedDecember 7, 1953
Capital Aco
Government
 •  Mayor Tomas Severiano Gutierrez Lliuya
Area
 • Total
133.89 km2 (51.70 sq mi)
Elevation
2,925 m (9,596 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,353
 • Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 020608

San Miguel de Aco District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province 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 (96.98%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.90% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

See also

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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)

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