Colcabamba District, Aymaraes

Colcabamba
Qullqa Pampa
District
Interactive map of Colcabamba
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAymaraes
CapitalColcabamba
Government
 • MayorGregorio Avendaño Salas
Area
 • Total
95.75 km2 (36.97 sq mi)
Elevation
3,360 m (11,020 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
805
 • Density8.41/km2 (21.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030405

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

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:

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).

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)

14°00′29″S 73°14′53″W / 14.00806°S 73.24806°W / -14.00806; -73.24806