Colcamar District

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Colcamar
Qullqamar
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Amazonas
Province Luya
FoundedFebruary 5, 1861
CapitalColcamar
Government
   Mayor Riber Juanito Tuesta Bardales
Area
  Total106.6 km2 (41.2 sq mi)
Elevation
2,304 m (7,559 ft)
Population
  Total2,560
  Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 010504

Colcamar is a district of Luya Province in Peru. Colcamar offers several attractive places for tourists like cataracts, ruins of the culture Chachapoya.

The management holidays of the capital Colcamar are celebrated on September 24. As typical meals there is known the Chochoca, the Nickname, the Locro, the Stew between others.

In Chuquichaca there is the Virgin of Chuquichaca that receives veneration of the local and regional population.

In the north the District of Colcamar has border with the District of Inguilpata, in the East with the province of Chachapoyas, in the southeast with the District The Tingo, in the south-west with the District Longuita, in the west with the District of Ocumal. The principal entry to the District of Pisiquia is the market of Yumal in the District of Colcamar, where it finishes the highway.

6°16′01″S77°55′01″W / 6.267°S 77.917°W / -6.267; -77.917


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