Macusani District is one of ten districts of the Carabaya Province in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital . Retrieved April 11, 2008. Its seat is Macusani.
Geography The district lies along the Cordillera Carabaya, a Peruvian Andean range that runs north–northeast of the town of Macusani. The highest local summit is Allincapac, at about .
Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (70.66%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.51% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
Climate
See also Chawpiqucha Parinaquta
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