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Usicayos
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Carabaya
Founded	May 2, 1854
Capital	Usicayos
Government
• Mayor	Paul William Sotomayor Guerra
Area
• Total	644.04 km (248.67 sq mi)
Elevation	3,778 m (12,395 ft)
Population
• Total	9,757
• Density	15/km (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210310

Usicayos District is one of ten districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru.

Geography

One of the highest elevations of the district is Ch'uspini at approximately 5,000 m (16,000 ft). Other mountains are listed below:

• Anta Punta
• Chikuru
• Chikuruni
• Ch'amak Tira
• Inti Pukllana
• Lawan Tira
• Lawani
• Llamayuq Urqu
• Minas Tira
• Qinamari
• Sura Pata
• Tarpata Urqu
• T'anta Tira
• Wila Muqu Urqu
• Wisk'achani
• Wiyachani
• Yana Chuku

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.84% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Ch'uxñaquta

References

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

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