The most important river of the district is the Willkanuta which crosses the district from south-east to north-west.

[1] One of the highest peaks of the district is Yana Urqu at 4,644 m (15,236 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 (88.42%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.25% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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