Country Peru Province Canas Time zone PET (UTC-5) Elevation 3,978 m Capital Layo | Region Cusco Founded January 2, 1857 UBIGEO 080505 Area 452.6 km² | |
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Layo District is one of eight districts in the Canas Province in Peru. The seat of the Layo District is the village Layo.
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Geography
The La Raya mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains of the district 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 (90.47%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.39% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
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Layo District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA