Coya District is one of eight
districts
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of the
Calca Province Calca may refer to:
*Calca Peninsula, a peninsula in South Australia
* Calca Province, one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region of Peru
* Calca District, one of the eight districts in the Calca Province
* Calca, Peru, capital of the Calca Dist ...
in the
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...
of
Peru
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Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:
*
Hatun Pukara
* Hatun Raqha Kay
*
Hatun Suyu Q'asa
Hatun Suyu Q'asa (Quechua ''hatun'' big, ''suyu'' region, ''q'asa'' mountain pass, "big region pass", also spelled ''Jatunsuyocasa'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, on the bord ...
*
Ichhunayuq
Ichhunayuq (Quechua ''ichhuna'' sickle, ''-yuq'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a sickle", Hispanicized spelling ''Ichunayoc'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, ...
* Quriqucha Punta
* Quriqucha Qaqa
* Q'umir
* Sirkapata
* Wanakawri
* Yawar Wak'a
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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*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
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 (79.19%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.66% 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
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...
).
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población
See also
* Qhapaq Kancha
* Quriqucha
References
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