Anco-Huallo
Anku Wallu
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceChincheros
FoundedFebruary 20, 1964
CapitalUripa
Government
  MayorSamuel Alex Medina Cardenas
Area
  Total38.9 km2 (15.0 sq mi)
Elevation
3,204 m (10,512 ft)
Population
  Total10,510
  Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030602

Anco-Huallo District is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros 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 (71.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.46% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 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)

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