Tisco District

Tisco District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma in Peru.[1]

Tisco
District
Tisco's church and main plaza
Tisco Location of Tisco in the Caylloma province
Coordinates: 15.3476°S 71.4461°W / -15.3476; -71.4461
Country	Peru
Region	Arequipa
Province	Caylloma
Capital	Tisco
Government
• Mayor	Primitivo Sebastian Huaracha Ancca
Area
• Total	1,445.02 km^2 (557.93 sq mi)
Elevation	4,188 m (13,740 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,249
• Density	1.6/km^2 (4.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	040517

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[2]

• Allqamari
• Apachita
• Chilluma
• Chuqi Pirwa
• Chuqi Phiruru
• Chuqi Tampu
• Janq'u
• Jañuma Pirwa
• Kallka K'uchu
• Kimsa Chata
• Kiska Kiska
• Kuntur Sayana
• Laramani
• Misa Urqu
• Pirwa
• Puma Urqu
• Qillqa
• Qillwa
• Q'ara Qullu
• Q'iwiri
• Wallatani
• Wayna Kunturiri
• Wila Pukara
• Wiluma
• Wiska Apachita
• Wisk'achayuq
• Wiswillani

• 
  Entrance to Tisco's main plaza through its gate
• 
  Church of San Pedro Apostol de Tisco, with Plaza in foreground
• 
  The village of Tisco as seen from the air
• 
  The towers of Tisco's church

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.76%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.06% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

• Samaquta

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Caylloma Province 1 and 2 (Arequipa Region)
3. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)