Colca District, Victor Fajardo

Colca

Qullqa
Colca Qullqa
District
	Interactive map of Colca
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Víctor Fajardo
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Colca
Area
• Total	69.57 km2 (26.86 sq mi)
Elevation	2,972 m (9,751 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	1,345
• Density	19.33/km2 (50.07/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	051007

Colca District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo 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 (83.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.27% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

References

↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
↑ 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)

13°42′50″S 74°02′30″W / 13.7138°S 74.0416°W / -13.7138; -74.0416

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[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] .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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