Colcha District

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Colcha
Qulcha
District
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Colcha
Location of Colcha in the Paruro province
Coordinates: Coordinates: 13°52′15″S71°52′01″W / 13.8709°S 71.8670°W / -13.8709; -71.8670
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Paruro
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
Capital Colcha
Government
 •  Mayor Remigio La Torre Duran
Area
 • Total139.98 km2 (54.05 sq mi)
Elevation
2,796 m (9,173 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,357
 • Density9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 081004

Colcha District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro, Peru. [1]

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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]

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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)
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