Huantán District is one of thirty-three
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
Yauyos
Yauyos is a town in Central Peru, capital of the province Yauyos in the region Lima. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Yauyos
The Territorial Prelature of Yauyos ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Yauyosensis) is a Roman Catho ...
in
Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal
, national_motto = "Fi ...
.
[ ]Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) ("National Institute of Statistics and Informatics") is a semi-autonomous Peruvian government agency which coordinates, compiles, and evaluates statistical information for the country ...
.
Banco de Información Distrital
''. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
Geography
The
Cordillera Central traverses the district. One of the highest peaks of the district is
Upyanqa
Upyanqa (Quechua ''upyay'' to drink, ''-nqa'' an archaic nominalising suffix to indicate a place destinated for something, "(a place) for drinking", hispanicized spelling ''Upianca'') is a mountain in the Cordillera Central in the Andes of Peru ...
at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:
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See also
* Qaqa Mach'ay
Qaqa Mach'ay (Quechua for "rock cave") is a limestone cave located in the Yauyos Province of the Lima Region in central Peru, high in the Andes Mountains that was explored and surveyed in 2004 by an international expedition. At 4,930m above sea lev ...
References
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