Sacsamarca District

Sacsamarca Saqsa Marka
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Huanca Sancos
Founded	November 11, 1961
Capital	Sacsamarca
Government
•  Mayor	Edgar Raul Olivares Yanqui
Area
• Total	673.03 km2 (259.86 sq mi)
Elevation	3,470 m (11,380 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,118
• Density	3.1/km2 (8.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050303

Sacsamarca District is one of four districts of the Huanca Sancos Province in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Wank'a Saywa at approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Apachita
• Aqchiq Wachana
• Aqu Q'asa
• Atuq Wachanan
• Hatun Ranra
• Hatun Wasi Pata
• Inti Watana
• Kampanachayuq
• Killa Q'asa
• Kinwa Pukyu
• Kinwa Urqu
• Kuntur Wasi
• Llut'u Pukyu
• Pallqacha
• Parqa Parqa
• Pichqa Pukyu
• Puma Ranra
• Qaqa Wasi
• Quncha Urqu
• Q'illu Q'asa
• Q'ipinayuq
• Saywa Marka
• Sullka Willka
• Sumaq Ñan
• Titanka
• Thujsa
• Urqu Wasi
• Urqun Qucha
• Wachu Wasi
• Wamanilla
• Wanakawri
• Wank'a Kancha
• Wank'a Saywa
• Waqutu
• Waylla Q'asa
• Yana Saywa

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.24%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.47% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

See also

• Kinwaqucha
• Q'illumayu
• Wamanilla

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 map Huancasancos 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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