Colquioc District

Colquioc
Qullqiyuq
District
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
 (2017 census)
 • Total
1,972
 • 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 (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


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