Edge Rewrite
Jump to content

Colquioc District

Colquioc
Qullqiyuq
Map
Interactive map of Colquioc
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceBolognesi
FoundedJanuary 29, 1965
CapitalChasquitambo
Government
  MayorGuillermo Carlos Pariasca Dextre
Area
  Total
274.61 km2 (106.03 sq mi)
Elevation
743 m (2,438 ft)
Population
  Total
1,972
  Density7.181/km2 (18.60/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

[edit]
  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  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.

10°18′S 77°36′W / 10.300°S 77.600°W / -10.300; -77.600