The Ccatca District is one of the twelve
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...
in the
Quispicanchi Province in
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
. Its capital is the town of
Ccatca.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is
Luychu Urqu at . Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly
indigenous citizens of
Quechua descent.
Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.64%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.00% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish language (
2007 Peru Census
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Vivie ...
).
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
Climate
See also
* Pachamama Raymi
Pachamama Raymi ( Quechua ''Pachamama'' Mother Earth, ''raymi'' feast, "Mother Earth feast") is a ceremony held annually on August 1 in Ecuador and Peru.
Location Ecuador
In Ecuador, the feast is celebrated in the Zamora-Chinchipe Province.
Pe ...
References
* Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
Departamento Cusco
. Retrieved on November 1, 2007.
Districts of the Quispicanchi province
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