Sibayo District is one of twenty
districts
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of the province
Caylloma in
Peru
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. It is adjacent to
Callalli and crossed by the
Colca River
Colca River (possibly from Quechua ''qullqa'' deposit) which downstream is called Majes and Camaná is a Peruvian river in the Arequipa Region that flows deep in the rugged Andes of southern Peru. It originates south-east of the village Janq'u La ...
on one side.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district 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 which the majority of the population (55.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.41% 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
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)
File:Sibayo-village-from-the-air-colca-canyon.jpg, The village of Sibayo as seen from above
File:Sibayo-pedestrian-bridge-puente.jpg, Sibayo's suspended pedestrian bridge
File:Sibayo-main-plaza-above.jpg, The main plaza in Sibayo as seen from above
File:Sibayo-entrance-to-town.jpg, The entrance to Sibayo in the Colca Canyon
File:Sibayo-ruins-garden.jpg, Sibayo's ruins next to the Colca river.
Climate
See also
* Callalli District
*Colca Canyon
The Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru, located about northwest of Arequipa. With a depth of about 1000 – 2000 m (3300 – 6600 ft) (whereas bottom is at cca 2000 m and edges are at 3000 – 4000 metres above t ...
* Hatun Chunkara
* Paraxra
Paraccra (possibly from Aymara for a piece of land which is neither flat nor mountainous) is an archaeological site in the Andes of Peru on a mountain of the same name. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, Sibayo District, ...
References
Districts of the Caylloma province
Districts of the Department of Arequipa
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