Uco District

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Uco
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Huari
Capital Uco
Government
 •  Mayor Teodoro Tarazona Principe
Area
 • Total53.61 km2 (20.70 sq mi)
Elevation
3,336 m (10,945 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,648
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 021016

Uco District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari 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 (58.85%) learnt to speak in childhood, 40.80% 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 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)

Coordinates: 9°11′24″S76°55′48″W / 9.19000°S 76.93000°W / -9.19000; -76.93000


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