Pataypampa District is one of the fourteen districts of the Grau Province in Peru.

[1] One of the highest peaks of the district is Qiwlla at approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft).

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

Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.62%) learnt to speak in childhood, and 13.43% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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