Puyusca District

Puyusca (Quechua: Phuyusqa, meaning "cloudy") is one of eight districts of the Parinacochas Province in Peru.[1]

Puyusca Phuyusqa
District
Sara Sara, the highest mountain of the district, as seen from Parinaqucha
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Parinacochas
Founded	March 5, 1954
Capital	Incuyo
Government
• Mayor	Yony Odon Reyes Anampa
Area
• Total	700.75 km^2 (270.56 sq mi)
Elevation	3,290 m (10,790 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,055
• Density	4.4/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050706

Geography

One of the highest elevations of the district is glacier-covered Sara Sara volcano at 5,505 m (18,061 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

• Hatun Urqu
• Kuntur Sirk'a
• Pichqa
• Pisti
• Puka Puka
• Phuyusqa
• Qiñwa Punta
• Ruphaylla
• Sara Qutuna
• Saywa Pampa
• Uywa Qhawarina
• Wamantirka

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.97% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

• Parinaqucha

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Parinacochas Province, Ayacucho 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)