The Oropesa District is one of the 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 ...
in the
Quispicanchi Province in
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
. Its capital is the town of
Oropesa.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is
Pachatusan
Pachatusan ( Quechua ''pacha'' earth, ''tusa'', a prop to support a wall or building, ''pachatusa'' prop of the earth, ''-n'' a suffix) is a mountain northeast of the city of Cusco in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Reg ...
at . Other mountains are listed below:
[escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Cusco Province (Cusco Region)]
* Maransirayuq
*
Pachatusan
Pachatusan ( Quechua ''pacha'' earth, ''tusa'', a prop to support a wall or building, ''pachatusa'' prop of the earth, ''-n'' a suffix) is a mountain northeast of the city of Cusco in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Reg ...
* Quri Qalla
* Quriwayrachina
* Sinchi Q'umirniyuq
*
Waypun
See also
*
T'anta Raymi
References
* Instituto Nacional de EstadÃstica e Informática
Departamento Cusco Retrieved on November 2, 2007.
;Specific
Districts of the Quispicanchi province
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