Uco District

Uco District is one of sixteen districts of the province Huari in Peru.[1]

Uco
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuari
CapitalUco
Government
  MayorTeodoro 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 zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021016

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)


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