Colcabamba District, Aymaraes

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Colcabamba

Qullqa Pampa
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
Capital Colcabamba
Government
 •  Mayor Gregorio Avendaño Salas
Area
 • Total95.75 km2 (36.97 sq mi)
Elevation
3,360 m (11,020 ft)
Population
 • Total805
 • Density8.4/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030405

Colcabamba (from Quechua Qullqa Pampa, meaning "storehouse plain") is one of the seventeen districts of the Aymaraes Province in Peru. [1]

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Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Saqra Urqu at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (70.41%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.46% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

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References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Aymaraes Province (Apurímac Region)
  3. ↑ 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)

Coordinates: 14°00′29″S73°14′53″W / 14.00806°S 73.24806°W / -14.00806; -73.24806


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