Colcha District

Colcha
Qulcha
District
Country  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Paruro
Founded January 2, 1857
Capital Colcha
Government
 • Mayor Remigio La Torre Duran
Area
 • Total 139.98 km2 (54.05 sq mi)
Elevation 2,796 m (9,173 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 1,357
 • Density 9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 081004

Colcha District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro, 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 (95.49%) learn to speak in childhood, 4.35% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved April 11, 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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