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Taray
District
Taray and the Willkanuta River
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Calca
Founded	May 6, 1964
Capital	Taray
Government
• Mayor	Gorki Bejar Mejia
Area
• Total	53.78 km (20.76 sq mi)
Elevation	2,968 m (9,738 ft)
Population
• Total	3,917
• Density	73/km (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080407

Taray District is one of eight districts of the Calca Province in the Cusco Region in Peru. Its seat is Taray. The town lies near Pisac, southwest of it, at a stream called Pawayuq (Pahuayoc), an affluent of Willkanuta River.

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:

• Hatun Pukara
• Inti Qaqa
• Ñust'apata
• Pata Q'asa
• Pillku Urqu
• Silla Q'asa
• Wanakawri
• Yana Qaqa

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.14%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Mawk'ataray

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 map of the Calca Province and the Cusco Province (Cusco Region)
3. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

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