Copa District

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Copa
Qupa
District
Copa District
Country Flag of Peru.svg Peru
Region Lima
Province Cajatambo
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
Capital Copa
Government
 •  Mayor Henoch Flores Callupe
(2019-2022)
Area
 • Total
212.16 km2 (81.92 sq mi)
Elevation
3,410 m (11,190 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 150302

Copa District is one of five districts of the province Cajatambo in Peru. [1]

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Geography

The Huayhuash mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains are listed below: [2]

Administrative Division

Village centres

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language 38.52% of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 61.36% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

See also

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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)
  3. ↑ "Censos Nacionales 2017 XI de Población y VI de Vivienda - Perfil Sociodemográfico de la Región Lima" (PDF).

10°23′11″S77°04′45″W / 10.3864°S 77.0792°W / -10.3864; -77.0792


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