Lares District


Lares District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru.

Geography

The Urupampa [mountain range|Urupampa] mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest peaks of the district is Sawasiray at. Other mountains are listed below:

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous [peoples of the Americas|indigenous] citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 4.77% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language.