Pitumarca District is one of eight
districts
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of the province
Canchis in
Peru
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Geography
The
Willkanuta mountain range lies in the district. Some of the highest mountains of the district are
Chumpi,
Chupika
Chupika (Aymara for "colored", Hispanicized spelling ''Chupica'') is a mountain in the Cusco Region in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Canchis Province
Canchis Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in th ...
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Hatun Uma,
Hatun Ñañu Punta
Hatun or Khatun ( otk, 𐰴𐰍𐰣, Katun, ota, خاتون, Hatun or قادین ''Kadın'', uz, xotin, fa, خاتون ''khātūn''; Mongolian: , ''khatun'', хатан ''khatan''; ur, خاتون, hi, ख़ातून '; bn, খাত ...
,
Kuntur Ikiña,
Wayruru Punku
Huayruro Punco (possibly from Quechua ''wayruru'' cockspur coral tree, ''punku'' servant; door, entrance, ''p'unqu'' pond, reservoir, tank; dam, Aymara ''wayruru'' red and black seeds of a plant (''Abrus precatorius'', ''Ormosia coccinea'' and ' ...
,
Wila Jaqhi
Huila Aje (possibly from Aymara ''wila'' blood, blood-red, ''jaqhi'' precipice, cliff, "red cliff") is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,900 m (19,357 ft) high. It is situated in the Cusco Region ...
,
Yana Qaqa
Yanajaja (possibly from Quechua ''yana'' black, ''qaqa'', rock) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District and in the Quispicanchi Pr ...
and
Yayamari
Yayamari (other names: Ambrocca or Ambroja in Hispanicized spellings or Montura) is a mountain in the Vilcanota mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is situated in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, and in th ...
. Other mountains are listed below:
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The most important rivers are the
Ch'illka Mayu and the Yana Mayu, one of its left tributaries, as well as the Chuwa Mayu ''(Chuamayu)''. All of them are tributaries of the
Willkanuta River.
[
Siwinaqucha is the largest lake of the district][ and also one of the largest lakes of Peru.
]
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
citizens of Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
descent. Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
is the language which the majority of the population (95.17%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.77% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
language (2007 Peru Census
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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
See also
* Machu Pitumarka
References
External links
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