Coronel Castañeda District is one of eight districts of the Parinacochas Province in Peru.

[1] One of the highest peaks of the district is Lunq'u at 5,224 m (17,139 ft).

Other mountains are listed below:[2] The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.

Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (70.89%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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