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Puyusca District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Parinacochas

Capital
  
Incuyo

Elevation
  
3,290 m

Region
  
Ayacucho

Founded
  
March 5, 1954

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
700.8 kmĀ²

Puyusca District

Puyusca District is one of eight districts of the province Parinacochas in Peru.

The volcano Sara Sara is situated in the district.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.97% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Puyusca District Wikipedia