Copa District is one of five districts of the province Cajatambo in Peru.[1]

Copa
Qupa
Country Peru
RegionLima
ProvinceCajatambo
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
CapitalCopa
Government
 • MayorHenoch Flores Callupe
(2019-2022)
Area
 • Total212.16 km2 (81.92 sq mi)
Elevation
3,410 m (11,190 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total858
 • Density4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO150302

Geography edit

The Huayhuash mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains are listed below:[2]

Administrative Division edit

Village centres edit

  • Urban
    • Copa, with 481 inhabitants.
    • Huayllapa, with 323 inhabitants.
  • Rural

Ethnic groups edit

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language 38.52% of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 61.36% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also edit

References edit

  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. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe UGEL map of the Cajatambo Province (Lima Region)
  3. ^ "Censos Nacionales 2017 XI de Población y VI de Vivienda - Perfil Sociodemográfico de la Región Lima" (PDF).


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