Colca District, Victor Fajardo

Colca District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo in Peru.[1]

Colca Qullqa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Víctor Fajardo
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Colca
Area
• Total	69.57 km^2 (26.86 sq mi)
Elevation	2,972 m (9,751 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,345
• Density	19/km^2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	051007

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

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)