Layo District

Layo District is one of eight districts in the Canas Province in Peru. The seat of the Layo District is the village Layo.

Geography

The La [Raya mountain range|La Raya] mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains of the district 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, 9.39% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language.