Suitucancha District

Suitucancha Suyt'u Kancha
District
Country	Peru
Region	Junín
Province	Yauli
Founded	January 13, 1962
Capital	Suitucancha
Government
•  Mayor	Emilio Venusto Hurtado León
Area
• Total	216.47 km2 (83.58 sq mi)
Elevation	4,255 m (13,960 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	937
• Density	4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	120809

Suitucancha (Hispanicized spelling of the Quechua term Suyt'u Kancha, suyt'u rectangular, kancha corral, square, ^[1] "rectangular corral (or square)") is one of ten districts of the Yauli Province in Peru. ^[2] Its seat is Suitucancha.

Geography

The Paryaqaqa mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest mountains of the district is Tunshu at 5,660 m (18,570 ft). Other mountain are listed below: ^[3]

• Chhuqu P'ukru
• Ch'uychu
• Hatun Uqhu
• Inka Waqanan
• Miqlla
• Pachanqutu
• Putka
• Qarwachuku
• Qayqu
• Suyruqucha
• Ukhu Qhata
• Wallakancha
• Wayllakancha
• Yantayuq

See also

• Putkaqucha

References

1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Jauja and Yauli provinces (Junín Region)