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Sañayca
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Aymaraes
Founded	November 14, 1944
Capital	Sañayca
Government
• Mayor	Ivan Cortez Terrazas
Area
• Total	448.91 km (173.33 sq mi)
Elevation	3,370 m (11,060 ft)
Population
• Total	1,354
• Density	3.0/km (7.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030412

Sañayca District is one of the seventeen districts of the Aymaraes Province in Peru.

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Hatun Wamanwiri at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below:

• Aqu Q'asa
• Chawpi Urqu
• Ichhu Marka
• Ichhu Urqu
• Kirki Q'asa
• Kuntur Marka
• Kuntur Wachu
• Llulluch'a
• Llulluch'aw
• Ñawpa Llaqta
• Pichqa Pukyu
• Pilluni
• Puka Qucha
• P'unqu
• Qucha Qucha
• Qullpa
• Qura Unu
• Siwi Sirk'a
• Sullka Wamanwiri
• Waylla Qucha
• Yana Mach'ay
• Yana Urqu

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (84.15%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.44% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Aymaraes Province (Apurímac 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)

14°12′33″S 73°21′43″W / 14.20917°S 73.36194°W / -14.20917; -73.36194

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