Copa District

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Copa

Qupa
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Lima
Province Cajatambo
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
Capital Copa
Government
   Mayor Henoch Flores Callupe
(2019-2022)
Area
  Total212.16 km2 (81.92 sq mi)
Elevation
3,410 m (11,190 ft)
Population
 (2017)
  Total858
  Density4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 150302

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

Districts of Peru third level administrative subdivision of Peru

The districts of Peru are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments. There are 1,838 districts in total.

Cajatambo Province Province in Lima, Peru

The Cajatambo Province is one of nine provinces in the Lima Region of Peru. It is bordered to the north by the Ancash Region, to the east by the Huánuco Region, to the south by the Oyón Province, and to the west by the Huaura Province.

Peru Republic in South America

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.

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Geography

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

Auxilio mountain in Peru

Auxilio is a mountain in the west of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,560 metres (18,241 ft) high. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Pacllon District, and in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Copa District. Auxilio lies on the sub-range west of Yerupaja, south of Auxilio Lake and southwest of the mountain Huacrish.

Jullutahuarco

Jullutahuarco is a mountain in the west of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,400 metres (17,717 ft) high. It is located in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Copa District. Jullutahuarco lies on the sub-range west of Yerupaja, south of Rajucollota, Huacrish and Auxilio. It is situated north of the Huayllapa River.

Rajucollota mountain on the border of the Ancash Region and the Lima Region, Peru

Rajucollota, Suerococha, named after the nearby lake, or Diablo Mudo is a mountain in the west of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,427 metres (17,805 ft) high. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Pacllon District, and in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Copa District. Rajucollota lies on a sub-range west of Yerupaja, west of the mountain Huacrish, northwest of the mountain Auxilio and north of the lake Suerococha.

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]

Indigenous peoples of the Americas Pre-Columbian inhabitants of North, Central and South America and their descendants

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the Pre-Columbian peoples of North, Central and South America and their descendants.

Quechua people ethnic group

Quechua people or Quecha people, may refer to any or indigenous people of South America who speak Quechua languages, which originated among the indigenous people of Peru. Although most Quechua speakers are native to its country of origin, there are some significant populations living in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

Spanish language Romance language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Romance language that originated in the Iberian Peninsula and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Spain and the Americas. It is a global language and the world's second-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese.

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Huacrish mountain in Peru

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Millpu (Cajatambo) mountain in Peru

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Mataqucha

Mataqucha is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high, at a small lake of the same name. The mountain is located in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, Gorgor District, in the Huaura Province, Ambar District, and in the Oyón Province, Caujul District. It lies southeast of Wathiyaqucha and Puka Parya.

Awkin mountain in Peru

Awkin is a 5,183-metre-high (17,005 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Lima Region, Cajatambo Province, on the border of the districts of Cajatambo and Gorgor, and in the Oyón Province, Oyón District.

Suyruqucha may refer to:

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).

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

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