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

Ataquero
District
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

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

• Ancash Quechua

References

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