Country Peru Capital Macusani UBIGEO 210301 Area 1,030 km² | Region Puno Time zone PET (UTC-5) Elevation 4,315 m Province Carabaya Province | |
Macusani District is one of ten districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru. Its seat is Macusani.
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Geography
The Kallawaya mountain range lies northeast of Macusani. Some of the highest peaks 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 (70.66%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.51% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
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Macusani District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA