Ccarhuayo District

The Ccarhuayo District is one of the twelve districts in the Quispicanchi Province in Peru. Created by Law No. 13476 on November 25, 1960, its seat is Ccarhuayo.

Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Qullqi P'unqu at 5522 m. Other mountains are listed below:

• Inti Qhawana

• Inti Qhawarina

• Kuntur Sinqa

• Minasniyuq

• Misa Pata

• Pinchimuru

• Pukara

• Qullpa Tira

• Q'inqu Punta

• Saywa Urqu

• Sinaqara

• Takina Urqu

• T'uquyuq

• Uturunku

• Wiksayuq

• Wisk'achani

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.69%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.20% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).