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Lajas
District
Country	Peru
Region	Cajamarca
Province	Chota
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Lajas
Government
• Mayor	José Eduard Alarcón Bustamante
Area
• Total	120.73 km (46.61 sq mi)
Elevation	2,134 m (7,001 ft)
Population
• Total	11,093
• Density	92/km (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	060410

Lajas District is one of nineteen districts of the province Chota in Peru. The main provincial town is Lajas, home to an estimated 4,000 people. There is a significant population of Spanish ancestry. The town carnivals are celebrated in July.

See also

• Kuntur Qaqa

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.

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