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Puyca District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
La Unión

Capital
  
Puyca

Elevation
  
3,658 m

Region
  
Arequipa

Founded
  
October 13, 1891

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
1,501 km²

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Puyca District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.

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Geography

The Wansu mountain range traverses the district. 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 (95.85%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.96% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Puyca District Wikipedia