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District in Ayacucho, Peru
Anco District
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceLa Mar
CapitalChiquintirca
Government
 • MayorWilder Manyavilca Silva
Area
 • Total1,098.2 km (424.0 sq mi)
Elevation3,215 m (10,548 ft)
Population
 • Total14,551
 • Density13/km (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050502

Anco District is one of eight districts of the province La Mar in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (93.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.44% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
Cangallo
Huamanga
Huanca Sancos
Huanta
La Mar
Lucanas
Parinacochas
Paucar del Sara Sara
Sucre
Víctor Fajardo
Vilcas Huamán

13°06′51″S 73°43′53″W / 13.1143°S 73.7313°W / -13.1143; -73.7313


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