Colcha District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro, Peru.[1]
Colcha
Qulcha | |
|---|---|
  Colcha Location of Colcha in the Paruro province | |
| Coordinates: 13°52′15″S 71°52′01″W / 13.8709°S 71.8670°W | |
| 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 | |
| • Total | 1,357 |
| • Density | 9.7/km2 (25/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 081004 |
Ethnic groups edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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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