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Lares District

Lares District

District in Cusco, Peru

Lares District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru.[1]

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Geography

The Urupampa mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest peaks of the district is Sawasiray at 5,818 m (19,088 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

  • Rit'ipata
  • Sallqayuq
  • Saywayuq
  • Siriwani
  • Surayuq
  • Tawa Urqu
  • T'uturayuq
  • Yana Chukchu
  • Yanaqucha
  • Yana Urqu

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.91%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.77% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. [2]
    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)
  3. [3]
    inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población
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