Coata District

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Coata
District
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Coata District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province Puno
Capital Coata
Government
 •  Mayor Escolastico Mamani Canaza
Area
 • Total
104 km2 (40 sq mi)
Elevation
3,814 m (12,513 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
6,994
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 210107

Coata District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in 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 (96.12%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

References

  1. ↑ (in 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)

15°34′38″S70°01′36″W / 15.5773°S 70.0267°W / -15.5773; -70.0267


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