San Miguel de Aco District
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San Miguel de Aco Aqu | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Ancash |
Province | Carhuaz |
Founded | December 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 | |
• Total | 2,353 |
• Density | 18/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]
Ethnic groups
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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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