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Cotaruse District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Aymaraes

Capital
  
Cotaruse

Elevation
  
3,248 m

Region
  
Apurímac

Founded
  
June 1, 1914

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
1,750 km²

Cotaruse District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (61.13%) learned to speak in childhood, while a minority (38.45%) of the residents learned to speak using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Cotaruse District Wikipedia