Colta District

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Colta
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Paucar del Sara Sara
Capital Colta
Government
 •  Mayor Eulogio José Cayo Quispe
Area
 • Total277.29 km2 (107.06 sq mi)
Elevation
3,300 m (10,800 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total587
 • Density2.1/km2 (5.5/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)

Colta District is one of ten districts of the province Paucar del Sara Sara in 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 (72.20%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.40% 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)

Coordinates: 15°09′46″S73°17′50″W / 15.1629°S 73.2973°W / -15.1629; -73.2973

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