San José District is one of fifteen districts of the Azángaro Province in Peru.

[1] One of the highest elevations of the district is Surupana at approximately 5,162 m (16,936 ft).

Other mountains are listed below:[2][3] The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.

Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.85% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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