Its seat is the village of El Descanso.

One of the highest peaks of the district is Laramani at 4,923 m (16,152 ft).

Other mountains are listed below:[1] The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.

Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (89.61%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.26% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

[2] This Cusco Region geography article is a stub.