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Lares District

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Country
  
Peru

Capital
  
Lares

UBIGEO
  
080404

Area
  
527.3 km²

Region
  
Cusco

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,150 m

Province
  
Calca Province

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

Contents

Map of Lares, 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:

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).

References

Lares District Wikipedia