Colcabamba District, Tayacaja

Colcabamba Qullqapampa
District
Campo Armiño, Colcabamba District
Coat of arms
Location of Colcabamba in the Tayacaja province
Coordinates: 12°24.5′S 74°40.6′W / 12.4083°S 74.6767°WCoordinates: 12°24.5′S 74°40.6′W / 12.4083°S 74.6767°W
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Tayacaja
Capital	Colcabamba
Government
• Mayor	Augusto Maravi Romani
Area
• Total	598.12 km^2 (230.94 sq mi)
Elevation	2,979 m (9,774 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	21,593
• Density	36/km^2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO	090705

Colcabamba District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja 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 (76.32%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.21% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

References

1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)