Province Espinar Capital Ocoruro Elevation 4,093 m | Region Cusco Founded January 2, 1857 Time zone PET (UTC-5) Area 353.2 km² | |
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Ocoruro (Hispanicized spelling) or Uqururu (Aymara and Quechua for Mimulus glabratus) is one of eight districts of the Espinar Province in Peru.
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Geography
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 (80.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.73% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
Ocoruro District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA