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Uco District

Coordinates: 9°11′24″S 76°55′48″W / 9.19000°S 76.93000°W / -9.19000; -76.93000
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Uco
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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
 • Total1,648
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021016

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

Ethnic groups

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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]

References

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  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)

9°11′24″S 76°55′48″W / 9.19000°S 76.93000°W / -9.19000; -76.93000