Curahuasi District

Curahuasi District is one of the nine districts of the Abancay Province in Peru.[1]

Curahuasi Qura Wasi
District
Bridge across the Apurímac River on the border of the regions Cusco and Apurímac between the districts Curahuasi and Mollepata
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Abancay
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Curahuasi
Government
• Mayor	Danilo Valenza Calvo
Area
• Total	817.98 km^2 (315.82 sq mi)
Elevation	2,688 m (8,819 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	18,556
• Density	23/km^2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030104

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Q'illu Q'asa at approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

• Aqu Q'asa
• Chaka Chaka
• Chunkara
• Chuqi Marka
• Ch'illkani
• Ch'uru
• Chhullunku Pata
• Inka Pirqa
• Kiska Pata
• Kunturillu
• Mulli Kamayuq
• Mulliyuq
• Muru Qucha
• Nasa Q'ara
• Pirwata
• Puka T'uyuyuq
• Pukara
• Quri Phaqcha
• Q'iwiri
• Silla Q'asa
• Tika Qaqa
• T'asta Q'asa
• T'utura Qucha
• Urpi Utt'aña
• Urquni
• Waman Ayri
• Waman Marka
• Wank'a Wank'a
• Warmi Awqa
• Wasa Qhata
• Wichinka
• Wik'uña Kunka
• Wik'uña Utt'aña
• Yana Qucha

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent, although with a sizable percentage of mestizo and castizo population located mainly in the urban center.

Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (73.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.86% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

• Apurímac River

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Abancay Province (Apurimac Region)
3. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)