Colpas District

Colpas Qullpas
District
Colpas district on the map of Ambo province in Peru
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Ambo
Founded	November 24, 1955
Capital	Colpas
Government
•  Mayor	Sergio Pascual Melgarejo
Area
• Total	183.21 km2 (70.74 sq mi)
Elevation	2,700 m (8,900 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,872
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	100203

Colpas District is one of eight districts of the province Ambo 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 (79.39%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.41% 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)

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