Accha District

Accha district is one of nine districts of the province Paruro in Peru.

Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Saywa at approximately 4600 m. Other mountains are listed below:

• Chuqichampi

• Kimsa Pukyu

• Kuntur Sinqa

• Ñuñu Quta

• Puma Urqu

• Q'iru

• Wank'a Marka Q'asa

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (90.20%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.41% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).