Pampachiri is a rural district in Andahuaylas Province in the

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of southern

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. It is also the name of a village in the district. The population of the district is about 2,400 with about 1,000 of those residents living in the village of the same name. Before the

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, it was populated by the

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Chanka The Chanka (or Chanca) were an ethnic group living in Pre-Columbian South America, whose chiefdom was part of the Chanka "confederation": a loose defensive alliance of various chiefdoms, such as the Vilcas, the Huancas, the Chancas, and the ...

and Wari peoples who have left numerous archeological sites in the area. There exist populations of pumas, condors and many other rare animals and plants. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty. High in the puna area is Panqulla, a spectacular stone forest which is an unusual geological phenomenon of volcanic rocks in the shape of large smooth cones. It is situated on the Puquio to Andahuaylas Highway which is still unpaved. The main economic activities of the population are

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and cattle raising (lowlands) and alpaca and vicuña husbandry (highlands). Typical crops grown in Pampachiri include potatoes, corn, alfalfa, and tuna, the fruit of the cactus indigenous to the region. It is one of the poorest districts of Peru, with a typical family income of under US$1000 a year.

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Sutaya at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly

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citizens of

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descent.

is the language which the majority of the population (69.69%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.91% of the residents started speaking using the

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(

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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

Sources

{{reflist Districts of the Andahuaylas province