Santiago de Lucanamarca District

Santiago de Lucanamarca Lukana Marka
District
Location of Santiago de Lucanamarca in the Huanca Sancos Province
Coordinates: 13°47′38″S74°22′33″W / 13.79389°S 74.37583°W / -13.79389; -74.37583
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Huanca Sancos
Founded	January 29, 1965
Capital	Santiago de Lucanamarca
Government
•  Mayor	Juan Quispe Huamanculi
Area
• Total	658.26 km2 (254.16 sq mi)
Elevation	3,489 m (11,447 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,310
• Density	5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050304

Santiago de Lucanamarca District is one of four districts of the province Huanca Sancos in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Parya at 4,862 m (15,951 ft). Other mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Allqa Wasi
• Ankapa Tiyanan
• Anta Sillu
• Aya Mach'ay
• Champiyuq
• Chawpi Urqu
• Chuqllu
• Ch'ulla Qiñwa
• Hamp'atuyuq
• Hatun Qiñwa
• Hatun Saywa
• Hatun Waraqu
• Illa Wasi
• Inti Watana
• Kuntur Qaqa
• Kuntur Wachanqa
• Millpuq Urqu
• Minasniyuq Urqu
• Pampa Mach'ay
• Paqu Urqu
• Pirwalla
• Puka Urqu
• Punta Rumi
• Qaqapa Wasi
• Qiwlla Qucha
• Saya Mach'ay
• Tipi Kancha
• Tunsu
• T'akra Pata
• Uqi Chaka
• Uqi Chaka Urqu
• Urqu Kancha
• Wansu
• Waraqu
• Waraquyuq
• Waylla Urqu
• Wayta Pata
• Wisk'acha Rumi
• Wisk'achayuq
• Yana Uqsha
• Yana Urqu
• Yana Waqra
• Yuraq Mach'ay
• Yuraq Urqu

The largest lake of the district is Qalla Qucha on the border with the Sancos District.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.22%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.38% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

See also

• Lucanamarca massacre

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)