Lares District

Lares
District
A lake at the Lares trek A lake at the Lares trek
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Calca
Capital	Lares
Government
• Mayor	Cirilo Huamanquispe Huancahuire
Area
• Total	527.26 km2 (203.58 sq mi)
Elevation	3,150 m (10,330 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	6,251
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone	PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO	080404

Lares District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru.

Geography

The Urupampa mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest peaks of the district is Sawasiray at 5,818 m (19,088 ft). Other mountains are listed below:

Achupallayuq Asul Urqu Chawpi Urqu Ch'iqun Hatun Wisq'ana Kiswar Chaka Kiswarani Kunkani Punta Kuntur Qaqa Niwayuq

Pachakutiq Paru Urqu Puka Urqu Pukaqucha Pumawank'a Puñayuq P'unqu Q'asa Qullpa Qaqa Quri Wayrachina Qhapaq Saya

Rit'ipata Sallqayuq Saywayuq Siriwani Surayuq Tawa Urqu T'uturayuq Yana Chukchu Yanaqucha Yana Urqu

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.91%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.77% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Killaqucha
• Qiwñaqucha
• Sallqaqucha Wallata Warak'ay