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Ollachea District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
May 2, 1854

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
2,785 m

Province
  
Carabaya Province

Region
  
Puno

Capital
  
Ollachea

UBIGEO
  
210308

Area
  
595.8 kmĀ²

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Ollachea District is one of ten districts of the province Carabaya in Peru.

Contents

Map of Ollachea District, Peru

Geography

The Kallawaya mountain range and the Willkanuta mountain range traverse 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 (83.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.48% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Ollachea District Wikipedia