Coya District

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Coya
District
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The Willkanuta valley in the Coya District (background) as seen from Taray
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Calca
FoundedSeptember 11, 1951
Capital Coya
Government
 •  Mayor Lizardo Emilio Palomino Ricalde
Area
 • Total71.43 km2 (27.58 sq mi)
Elevation
2,951 m (9,682 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total3,698
 • Density52/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]

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Geography

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

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]

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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. ↑ 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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