Puyusca District

Puyusca (Quechua: Phuyusqa, meaning "cloudy") is one of eight districts of the Parinacochas Province in Peru.[1]

Puyusca

Phuyusqa
District
Sara Sara, the highest mountain of the district, as seen from Parinaqucha
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceParinacochas
FoundedMarch 5, 1954
CapitalIncuyo
Government
 • MayorYony Odon Reyes Anampa
Area
 • Total700.75 km2 (270.56 sq mi)
Elevation
3,290 m (10,790 ft)
Population
 • Total3,055
 • Density4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050706

Geography

One of the highest elevations of the district is glacier-covered Sara Sara volcano at 5,505 m (18,061 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

  • Hatun Urqu
  • Kuntur Sirk'a
  • Pichqa
  • Pisti
  • Puka Puka
  • Phuyusqa
  • Qiñwa Punta
  • Ruphaylla
  • Sara Qutuna
  • Saywa Pampa
  • Uywa Qhawarina
  • Wamantirka

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.97% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

References
  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Parinacochas Province, Ayacucho Region
  3. 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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