Colcha District

Colcha Qulcha
District
Colcha Location of Colcha in the Paruro province
Coordinates: 13°52′15″S71°52′01″W / 13.8709°S 71.8670°W / -13.8709; -71.8670
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  (2005 census)
• Total	1,357
• Density	9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	081004

Cusco Cathedral

Colcha District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro, 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 (95.49%) learn to speak in childhood, 4.35% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

See also

• Pumawasi

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)