Quiquijana District

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Quiquijana
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Quispicanchi
Capital Quiquijana
Government
 •  Mayor Lucio Ttito Huaraccone
Area
 • Total 360.90 km2 (139.34 sq mi)
Elevation 3,210 m (10,530 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 10,224
 • Density 28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 081212

The Quiquijana District is one of the twelve districts in the Quispicanchi Province in Peru. Its capital is the town of Quiquijana.

Districts of Peru third level administrative subdivision of Peru

The districts of Peru are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments. There are 1,838 districts in total.

Quispicanchi Province Province in Cusco, Peru

Quispicanchi Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.

Peru republic in South America

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Geography

The most important river of the district is the Willkanuta which crosses the district from south-east to north-west. [1]

Urubamba River river in Peru

The Urubamba River or Vilcamayo River is a river in Peru. Upstream it is called Vilcanota River. Within the La Convención Province the naming changes to Urubamba. A partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River, it rises in the Andes to the southeast of Cuzco. It originates on the slopes of Khunurana in the Puno Region, Melgar Province, near the La Raya pass. It flows north-north-west for 724 kilometers before coalescing with the Tambo River to form the Ucayali River.

One of the highest peaks of the district is Yana Urqu at 4,644 m (15,236 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [2]

Yana Urqu (Ocongate-Quiquijana)

Yana Urqu is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about 4,644.8 metres (15,239 ft) high. It is situated in the Quispicanchi Province, at the border of the districts Ocongate and Quiquijana.

Quri (Quiquijana)

Quri is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about 4,200 metres (13,780 ft) high. It is situated in the Quispicanchi Province, Quiquijana District. The mountain lies at the confluence of the Willkanuta River and its right tributary Uchuymayu in Quiquijana.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (88.42%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.25% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

Indigenous peoples of the Americas Pre-Columbian inhabitants of North, Central and South America and their descendants

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the Pre-Columbian peoples of North, Central and South America and their descendants.

Quechua people ethnic group

Quechua people or Quecha people, may refer to any or all speakers of the Quechua languages, which originated among the indigenous people of South America. Most Quechua speakers are native to Peru, although there are some significant populations living in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

Spanish language Romance language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in the Americas and Spain. It is a global language and the world's second-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese.

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References

  1. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Quispicanchi Province (Cusco Region)
  2. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Acomayo Province (Cusco Region)
  3. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine . INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 13°49′19″S71°32′30″W / 13.8220°S 71.5416°W / -13.8220; -71.5416

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