San Salvador District

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San Salvador
District

Santuario Huanca.jpg

The mountain Pachatusan above the sanctuary Señor de Huanca, San Salvador, both declared a National Cultural Heritage
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Calca
Founded February 28, 1946
Capital San Salvador
Government
 •  Mayor Reynaldo Quispitupa Tupayupanqui
Area
 • Total 128.07 km2 (49.45 sq mi)
Elevation 2,995 m (9,826 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 4,966
 • Density 39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 080406

San Salvador District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru. [1]

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.

Calca Province Province in Cusco, Peru

Calca Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Its seat is Calca.

Peru republic in South America

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Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Pachatusan at 4,842 m (15,886 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [2]

Pachatusan mountain in Peru

Pachatusan is a mountain northeast of the city of Cusco in the Andes of Peru, about 4,842 metres (15,886 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, San Salvador District, in the Cusco Province, in the districts San Jerónimo and Saylla, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Oropesa District. It is situated on the western bank of the Vilcanota River, beside the mountain Huaypun in the south-east. Pachatusan lies above the sanctuary of San Salvador named Señor de Huanca.

Machu Kuntur Sinqa mountain in Peru

Machu Kuntur Sinqa or Machu Kuntur Sankha is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about 4,200 metres (13,780 ft) high. It is situated in the Calca Province, on the border of the districts Pisac and San Salvador. Machu Kuntur Sinqa lies on the right bank of the Willkanuta River, near the archaeological park of Pisac.

Punquchayuq mountain in Peru

P'unquchayuq is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about 4,400 metres (14,436 ft) high. It is situated in the Calca Province, San Salvador District, and in the Paucartambo Province, Caicay District. P'unquchayuq lies south of Hatun Punta and southeast of Qhiwar.

Qhiwar mountain in Peru

Qhiwar is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about 4,400 metres (14,436 ft) high. It is situated in the Calca Province, San Salvador District. Qhiwar lies between Hatun Punta in the east and Wallwa Qhata in the southwest.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (88.68%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.99% 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 peoples may refer to any or all speakers of the Quechua languages, which originated among the indigenous peoples of South America. Most Quechua speakers live in Peru, although there is a significant population living in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

Spanish language Romance language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western 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. ↑ (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 of the Calca Province (Cusco Region)
  3. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine . INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

Coordinates: 13°29′32″S71°46′45″W / 13.4921°S 71.7792°W / -13.4921; -71.7792

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