Coasa District

Coasa District is one of ten districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru.[1]

Coasa
District
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceCarabaya
CapitalCoasa
Government
 • MayorMeliton Palacios Casazola
Area
 • Total3,572.92 km2 (1,379.51 sq mi)
Elevation
3,783 m (12,411 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total8,897
 • Density2.5/km2 (6.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210304

Geography

One of the highest elevations of the district is Muru Muruni at approximately 5,200 m (17,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

  • Amayani
  • Aqhu Ch'uwaña
  • Asnuni
  • Chaka Kunka
  • Chullumpirini
  • Chhullu
  • Ch'amak Tira
  • Ch'uwañuma
  • Ch'uspini
  • Hatun Pinkilluni
  • Inti Qururuni
  • Janq'u Quta
  • Japu Pata
  • Kimsa Tinkuri
  • Kuntur Ikiña
  • Khunu
  • Liqiliqini
  • Puka Urqu
  • Puma Qulluni
  • Qillwani
  • Q'umir Qucha Punta
  • Rit'i Qucha
  • Runa Ñan Kunka
  • Sapa Kiswara
  • Suqa Nasa
  • Sura Pata
  • Tampu Uma
  • Tani Tani
  • Taypi Tira
  • Tinki Qucha
  • Tinya Qucha
  • Umaña
  • Uqi Kunka
  • Waka Wañusqa
  • Wari Umaña
  • Wila Laqaya
  • Wisk'achani
  • Yana Phawchi

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.59% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

gollark: Might be deliberate.
gollark: I warn you: any aeons I breed will be messy.
gollark: *has three aeons, no pinks*
gollark: https://dragcave.net/lineage/[CODE]/iamacheater
gollark: So either they're just ignoring that, they actually don't, or they think that longer lineages are more valuable, or that magmas are rarer.

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 maps of the Carabaya Province, Puno Region
  3. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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