Cotahuasi District

Cotahuasi District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in . Cotahuasi is located at the highest Andean point of the department of Arequipa, in southern Peruvian.
Photo: Manouel, Public domain.
  • Type: Locality with 3,480 residents
  • Description: district in Arequipa, Peru
  • Also known as: “Qutawasi distritu”

Cotahuasi District

Latitude
-15.2763° or 15° 16′ 35″ south
Longitude
-72.8615° or 72° 51′ 41″ west
Population
3,480
Elevation
4,107 metres (13,474 feet)
Open location code
57P9P4FQ+FC
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In Other Languages

From Aymara to Uzbek—“Cotahuasi District” goes by many names.
  • Aymara: “Kutawasi jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
  • Cebuano: “Cotahuasi”
  • Chinese: “科塔瓦西區”
  • Georgian: “კოტაუასის რაიონი”
  • German: “Distrikt Cotahuasi”
  • Portuguese: “Cotahuasi”
  • Quechua: “Kutawasi distritu”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Cotahuasi”
  • Uzbek: “Kotahuasi tumani”

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Places to explore: Tambo and Yana Cocha.

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Highlights: Cerro Ccaccapaqui and Cerro Mansanillayoc.

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