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Cuyocuyo District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
May 2, 1854

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,450 m

Province
  
Sandia Province

Region
  
Puno

Capital
  
Cuyocuyo

UBIGEO
  
211202

Area
  
503.9 km²

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Cuyocuyo District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia in Peru.

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Geography

The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:

  • Janq'u Uma
  • Kuntur Ikiña
  • Kunturini
  • P'ujru
  • Qurwari
  • Saywa
  • Utkhuqaqa
  • Wilaquta

    • Ethnic groups

    The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.81%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.79% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

    References

    Cuyocuyo District Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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