Coya District

Coya
District
The Willkanuta valley in the Coya District (background) as seen from Taray
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Calca
Founded	September 11, 1951
Capital	Coya
Government
•  Mayor	Lizardo Emilio Palomino Ricalde
Area
• Total	71.43 km2 (27.58 sq mi)
Elevation	2,951 m (9,682 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,698
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080402

Coya District is one of eight districts of the Calca Province in the Cusco Region of Peru. ^[1]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below: ^[2]

• Hatun Pukara
• Hatun Raqha Kay
• Hatun Suyu Q'asa
• Ichhunayuq
• Quriqucha Punta
• Quriqucha Qaqa
• Q'umir
• Sirkapata
• Wanakawri
• Yawar Wak'a

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.19%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.66% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

See also

• Qhapaq Kancha
• Quriqucha

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 Calca Province and the Cusco Province (Cusco Region)
3. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

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