Founded May 6, 1964 Time zone PET (UTC-5) Elevation 2,968 m | Region Cusco Capital Taray UBIGEO 080407 Area 53.78 km² | |
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Taray District is one of eight districts of the Calca Province in the Cusco Region in Peru. Its seat is Taray. The town lies near Pisac, southwest of it, at a stream called Pawayuq (Pahuayoc), an affluent of Willkanuta River.
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Map of Taray, Peru
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 (86.14%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
Taray District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA