San Miguel de Aco District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in Peru.[1]
San Miguel de Aco
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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 |
Ethnic groups
editThe 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
editReferences
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)
8°22′01″S 77°39′00″W / 8.367°S 77.650°W
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