Santiago de Lucanamarca District is one of four
districts
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of the province
Huanca Sancos in
Peru
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.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is
Parya at . Other mountains are listed below:
The largest lake of the district is Qalla Qucha on the border with the Sancos 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 (95.22%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.38% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish language (
2007 Peru Census
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).
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
See also
* Lucanamarca massacre
References
Districts of the Department of Ayacucho
Districts of the Huanca Sancos province
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