Uco District

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Uco District
Location of the Uco district (marked in red) in the Huari province
Location of the Uco district (marked in red) in the Huari province
Basic data
Country Peru
region Ancash
province HuariTemplate: Infobox administrative unit / maintenance / other
Seat Uco
surface 51.7 km²
Residents 1368 (2017)
density 26 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 PE-ANC
politics
Alcalde District Henry Neil Principe Guardia
(2019-2022)
Plaza de Armas in Uco
Plaza de Armas in Uco

Coordinates: 9 ° 11 ′ 18 ″  S , 76 ° 55 ′ 41 ″  W.

The Uco district is located in the Huari Province in the Ancash region of western Peru . The district was established on It has an area of ​​51.7 km². The 2017 census counted 1368 inhabitants. In 1993 the population was 2021, in 2007 it was 1786. The district administration is located in the 3336  m high village of Uco with 716 inhabitants (as of 2017). Uco is 32 km east-northeast of the provincial capital Huari .

Geographical location

The district of Uco is located on the right bank of the north-flowing Río Puchca in the northeast of the province of Huari.

The Uco district borders in the west on the Aczo and Chingas districts (both in the Antonio Raymondi province ), in the east on the Paucas district and in the south on the Anra district .

Web links

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