Paras District is one of six districts of the province Cangallo in Peru.

[1] One of the highest mountains of the district is Chiqllarasu at 5,167 m (16,952 ft).

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

Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.65%) learnt to speak in childhood, 14.16% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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