Aczo District

Aczo
District
Aczo Plaza de Armas
Aczo Plaza de Armas
Interactive map of Aczo
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceAntonio Raymondi
FoundedFebruary 2, 1956
CapitalAczo
Government
 • MayorJuan Moises Chavarria
(2019-2022)
Area
 • Total
69.03 km2 (26.65 sq mi)
Elevation
2,661 m (8,730 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
1,918
 • Density27.79/km2 (71.96/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020302

Aczo District is one of six districts of the Antonio Raymondi Province 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 (73.18%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.55% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

  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)

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