Ataquero District

Ataquero
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceCarhuaz
FoundedDecember 14, 1934
CapitalCarhuac
Government
 • MayorFermín Jaime Gutiérrez Mendoza
(2019–2022)
Area
 • Total
47.22 km2 (18.23 sq mi)
Elevation
2,719 m (8,921 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
1,469
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020605

Ataquero District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.16% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)

9°15′00″S 77°43′01″W / 9.25000°S 77.71694°W / -9.25000; -77.71694


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