Oyolo District

Oyolo District is one of ten districts of the province Paucar del Sara Sara in Peru.

Geographical Location

The Oyolo District is located in the Cordillera Volcánica in the northeast of the province of Páucar del Sara Sara. It has a length of almost 47 km in a SSW-NNE direction and a maximum width of almost 30 km. The district covers the upper catchment area of the Río Oyolo, which flows through the area in a south-southwesterly direction and later empties into the Río Huanca Huanca.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 36.69% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language.