Uco District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province in Peru.[1]
Uco | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Ancash |
Province | Huari |
Capital | Uco |
Government | |
• Mayor | Teodoro Tarazona Principe |
Area | |
• Total | 53.61 km2 (20.70 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,336 m (10,945 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,648 |
• Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 021016 |
Ethnic groups
editThe 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]
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 aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
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