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Colta
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Paucar del Sara Sara
Capital	Colta
Government
• Mayor	Eulogio José Cayo Quispe
Area
• Total	277.29 km (107.06 sq mi)
Elevation	3,300 m (10,800 ft)
Population
• Total	587
• Density	2.1/km (5.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)

Colta District is one of ten districts of the province Paucar del Sara Sara in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (72.20%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.40% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Awkiwatu

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)

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