Ollantaytambo District is one of seven
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 ...
of the province
Urubamba in
Peru
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.
Geography
The
Urupampa and
Willkapampa mountain ranges traverse the district. The highest peak of the district is
Sallqantay at . Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly
indigenous citizens of
Quechua descent.
Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (58.55%) learnt to speak in childhood, 38.74% 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 Vivien ...
).
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
See also
* Inkapintay
* Kachi Qhata
* Kusichaka River
Cusichaca River (possibly from Quechua ''kusi'' delight, joy, happiness / merry, joyful, content, happy, ''chaka'' bridge, "joy bridge", or ''k'usi'' a cucurbit species, a small zucchini or ''Cucurbita pepo'', "zucchini (or ''Cucurbita pepo'') b ...
* Pumamarka
* Qurimarka
* Qusqu Qhawarina
* Willkaraqay
References
External links
*
Official municipal website
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