[1] The Urupampa mountain range traverses the district.

One of the highest peaks of the district is Sawasiray at 5,818 m (19,088 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 (94.91%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.77% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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