Taray District

Taray
District
Taray and the Willkanuta River
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Calca
Founded	May 6, 1964
Capital	Taray
Government
•  Mayor	Gorki Bejar Mejia
Area
• Total	53.78 km2 (20.76 sq mi)
Elevation	2,968 m (9,738 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,917
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080407

Taray District is one of eight districts of the Calca Province in the Cusco Region in Peru. ^[1] Its seat is Taray. The town lies near Pisac, southwest of it, at a stream called Pawayuq (Pahuayoc), an affluent of Willkanuta River.

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below: ^[2]

• Hatun Pukara
• Inti Qaqa
• Ñust'apata
• Pata Q'asa
• Pillku Urqu
• Silla Q'asa
• Wanakawri
• Yana Qaqa

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.14%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

See also

• Mawk'ataray

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 and the Cusco Province (Cusco Region)
3. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

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