Colcabamba District, Aymaraes

Colcabamba Qullqa Pampa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Aymaraes
Capital	Colcabamba
Government
• Mayor	Gregorio Avendaño Salas
Area
• Total	95.75 km^2 (36.97 sq mi)
Elevation	3,360 m (11,020 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	805
• Density	8.4/km^2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030405

Colcabamba (from Quechua Qullqa Pampa, meaning "storehouse plain") is one of the seventeen districts of the Aymaraes Province in Peru.[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Saqra Urqu at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

• Allpaka
• Chuqa Ñawi
• Chuqu Waraka
• Ch'aki Qucha
• Qallpa Pata
• Minayuq
• Phiruruyuq
• Qachqalla
• Ruruchayuq
• Silla Q'asa
• Yana Urqu

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (70.41%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.46% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Aymaraes Province (Apurímac Region)
3. 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)

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