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Colta District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Paucar del Sara Sara

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
277.3 kmĀ²

Region
  
Ayacucho

Capital
  
Colta

Elevation
  
3,300 m

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).

References

Colta District Wikipedia