Colcha District

Colcha Qulcha
District
Colcha Location of Colcha in the Paruro province
Coordinates: 13.8709°S 71.8670°W / -13.8709; -71.8670
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Paruro
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Colcha
Government
• Mayor	Remigio La Torre Duran
Area
• Total	139.98 km^2 (54.05 sq mi)
Elevation	2,796 m (9,173 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,357
• Density	9.7/km^2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	081004

Cusco Cathedral

Colcha District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro, 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 (95.49%) learn to speak in childhood, 4.35% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Pumawasi

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. 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)