Copa District is one of five
districts
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of the province
Cajatambo in
Peru
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.
Geography
The
Huayhuash mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains are listed below:
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Auxilio
Auxilio (possibly from Quechua ''Awkillu'' word for apu (Andean mountain deity) or grandfather, old man, the Hispanicized spelling is the misleading word ''Auxilio'' which means "assistance" or "support") is a mountain in the west of the Huayhu ...
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Jullutahuarco
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Rajucollota
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Rasac
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Sarapo
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Huacrish
Huacrish (possibly from Quechua ''Wakrish'' (from ''wakri'') for "flash of lightning") is a mountain in the west of the Huayhuash mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Ancash Region, Bolognesi Province, Pacllon ...
Administrative Division
Village centres
* Urban
** Copa, with 481 inhabitants.
** Huayllapa, with 323 inhabitants.
* Rural
Ethnic groups
The people in the province are mainly
indigenous
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*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology)
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citizens of
Quechua
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*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
descent.
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several Indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, an Indigenous South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language ...
is the language 38.52% of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 61.36% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish
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* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
**Spanish culture
...
language (
2007 Peru Census
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).
See also
*
Sarapococha
References
Districts of the Department of Lima
Districts of the Cajatambo province
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