Combapata District is one of eight
districts
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of the province
Canchis in
Peru
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Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is
Inka Pirqa
Inka Pirqa or Inkapirqa (Quechua ''Inka'' Inca, ''pirqa'' (Kichwa ''pirka'') wall, "Inca wall", Hispanicized spelling ''Incaperca'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province
Canchis Province is ...
at . Other mountains are listed below:
* Awkisa
* Kuntur Ikiña
*
Puka Urqu
* Wayna Kuntur
The most important rivers of the district are the
Willkanuta on the western border of the district and the Sallqa Mayu, one of its right tributaries.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly
indigenous
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*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
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citizens of
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
descent.
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
is the language which the majority of the population (76.08%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.80% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
language (
2007 Peru Census
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).
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
See also
* Ayamach'ay
* Llamachayuq Qaqa
Llamachayuq Qaqa (Quechua ''llama'' llama, ''-cha'', ''-yuq'' suffixes, ''qaqa'' rock,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) "a rock with a little llama"), Wakan Wayq'u or ...
References
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