Puyca District
Puyca District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.
Geography
The Wansu mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below:
- Anka Phawa (Cond.-La Unión)
- Anka Phawa (Puyca)
- Anqasi
- Challwa Q'asa
- Chawpi Chawpi
- Chunta
- Chhijmuni
- Janq'u Q'awa
- Kuntur K'uchu
- Kunturi (Cond.-La Unión)
- Kunturi (Ikmaqucha)
- Kunturi (La Unión)
- Kunturillu
- Llimphiq
- Minasniyuq
- Pichaqani
- Pilluni
- Pirqasqa
- Puka Ranra
- Puka Suntu
- Qillqata
- Qullpa
- Qullpa K'uchu
- Q'illu Urqu
- Rumi Urqu
- Taypi Q'awa
- Tintaya
- Thujsa
- Wachu Willka
- Waraqu
- Waych'awi
- Wayta Urqu
- Waytani
- Yana Yana
- Yuraq Punta
- Yuraq Rumi
- Yuraq Urqu
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.85%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.96% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
See also
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chumbivilcas Province (Cusco Region)
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
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