Coata
District
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvincePuno
CapitalCoata
Government
 • MayorEscolastico Mamani Canaza
Area
 • Total104 km2 (40 sq mi)
Elevation
3,814 m (12,513 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total6,994
 • Density67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210107

Coata District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.12%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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. ^ 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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