Ataquero | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Ancash |
Province | Carhuaz |
Founded | December 14, 1934 |
Capital | Carhuac |
Government | |
• Mayor | Fermín 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 |
• Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 020605 |
Ataquero District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in Peru.[1]
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]