Curahuasi District

Curahuasi District is one of the nine districts of the Abancay Province in Peru.

Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Q'illu Q'asa at approximately 4600 m. Other mountains are listed below:

• Aqu Q'asa

• Chaka Chaka

• Chunkara

• Chuqi Marka

• Ch'illkani

• Ch'uru

• Chhullunku Pata

• Inka Pirqa

• Kiska Pata

• Kunturillu

• Mulli Kamayuq

• Mulliyuq

• Muru Qucha

• Nasa Q'ara

• Pirwata

• Puka T'uyuyuq

• Pukara

• Quri Phaqcha

• Q'iwiri

• Silla Q'asa

• Tika Qaqa

• T'asta Q'asa

• T'utura Qucha

• Urpi Utt'aña

• Urquni

• Waman Ayri

• Waman Marka

• Wank'a Wank'a

• Warmi Awqa

• Wasa Qhata

• Wichinka

• Wik'uña Kunka

• Wik'uña Utt'aña

• Yana Qucha

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent, although with a sizable percentage of mestizo and castizo population located mainly in the urban center.

Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (73.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.86% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).