Cotahuasi District

Cotahuasi
—  District  —
Country	Peru
Region	Arequipa
Province	La Unión
Founded
Capital	Cotahuasi
Government
– Mayor	Justo Pastor Totocayo Garate
Area
– Total	166.5 km2 (64.3 sq mi)
Elevation	2,683 m (8,802 ft)
Population (2005 census)
– Total	2,974
– Density	17.9/km2 (46.3/sq mi)
Time zone	PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO	040801

Cotahuasi District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.^[1]

Cotahuasi is placed in the highest Andean place of Arequipa's department, in the Peruvian south. This province is characterized by its steep relief: cut here and as far back as rivers and gullies, with an altitud that different between the 1,000 and the 6,093 m.s.n.m., with 19 ecological floors. Its rural and isolated nature has done that its traditional customs and pictures that peoples have not got lost, like it has happened in neighboring provinces.

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References

1. ^ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.