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Colquioc District

Colquioc

Qullqiyuq
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceBolognesi
FoundedJanuary 29, 1965
CapitalChasquitambo
Government
 • MayorGuillermo Carlos Pariasca Dextre
Area
 • Total274.61 km2 (106.03 sq mi)
Elevation
743 m (2,438 ft)
Population
(2017 census)
 • Total1,972
 • Density7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020507

Colquioc (Hispanicized spelling of the Quechua term Qullqiyuq, qullqi silver, -yuq a suffix,[1] "the one with silver") is one of the fifteen districts of the province Bolognesi in Peru.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.


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