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District in Lima, Peru
Copa Qupa
District
Country Peru
RegionLima
ProvinceCajatambo
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
CapitalCopa
Government
 • MayorHenoch Flores Callupe
(2019-2022)
Area
 • Total212.16 km (81.92 sq mi)
Elevation3,410 m (11,190 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO150302

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

Geography

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

Administrative Division

Village centres

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

Ethnic groups

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).

See also

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. 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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