Carmen Salcedo District

Carmen Salcedo District is one of twenty-one districts of the Lucanas Province in Peru.

Geography
One of the highest mountains of the district is Waytayuq at approximately 4800 m. Other mountains are listed below:

• Ichhu Urqu Pata

• Inka Pallanka

• Inka Phaqcha

• Kunturillu

• Llallawa

• Pichqaqucha

• P'isqu Pukyu

• Ruru Rumi

• Qullpa Punta

• Q'illu

• Ruphasqa

• Uqi Uqi

• Waman Pirqa

• Wamanripa

• Waytayuq

• Wiksu

• Yana Uma

• Yuraq Rumi

• Yuraq Urqu

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (56.46%) learnt to speak in childhood, 43.24% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).