Coporaque District, Caylloma

Coporaque
District
Country  Peru
Region Arequipa
Province Caylloma
Capital Coporaque
Government
  Mayor William Florencio Bernal Huarca
Area
  Total 111.98 km2 (43.24 sq mi)
Elevation 3,575 m (11,729 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 973
  Density 8.7/km2 (23/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 040506

Coporaque District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma 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 (61.18%) learnt to speak in childhood, 37.62% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

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)

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