Olleros District is one of twelve

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of the province Huaraz in

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Geography

The

Cordillera Blanca The Cordillera Blanca (Spanish for "white range") is a mountain range in Peru that is part of the larger Andes range and extends for between 8°08' and 9°58'S and 77°00' and 77°52'W, in a northwesterly direction. It includes several peaks ove ...

traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below: * Ararankha * Arway * Kashan *

Puma Waqanqa Pumahuacanca or Pumahuaganga (possibly from Quechua: ''puma'' cougar, puma, ''waqay'' to cry, ''-nqa'' a suffix, "the cougar will cry") is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru which reaches a height of approximately . It is l ...

* Ruriq * Shaqsha * Tuqtu *

Tuqtu Punta Tuctopunta (possibly from Quechua ''tuqtu'' broody hen, ''punta'' peak; ridge; first, before, in front of) is a mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is located in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, Olleros District. Tuctop ...

Urwashrahu Uruashraju (possibly from the regional Quechua spelling, ''urwa'' infertile, sterile; corn plant without corncob used as fodder, ''rahu'' snow, ice, mountain with snow) or Verdecocha (possibly from Spanish ''verde'' green, Quechua ''qucha'' lake, ...

* Wamash Punta * Yanarahu

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (67.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.17% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (

2007 Peru Census The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...

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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

References

Districts of the Huaraz Province Districts of the Ancash Region {{Ancash-geo-stub