Ataquero | |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | frameless |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Ancash |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Carhuaz |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts Style: | para |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | December 14, 1934 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Carhuac |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Fermín Jaime Gutiérrez Mendoza (2019–2022) |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 47.22 |
Elevation M: | 2719 |
Population Total: | 1469 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | PET |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 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]