Colta District

Colta
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Paucar del Sara Sara
Capital	Colta
Government
•  Mayor	Eulogio José Cayo Quispe
Area
• Total	277.29 km2 (107.06 sq mi)
Elevation	3,300 m (10,800 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	587
• Density	2.1/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]

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]

See also

• Awkiwatu

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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