Cuyocuyo District

Cuyocuyo District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia in Peru.

Geography
The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest elevations of the district is Qurwari at approximately 5200 m. Other mountains are listed below:

• Ch'uwaña

• Janq'u Uma

• Kuntur Ikiña

• Kunturini

• Machu Llaqta

• Maran Sarani

• Pirwani

• P'ujru

• Qurwari

• Saywa

• Sura Pata

• Tikani

• Utkhuqaqa

• Wilaquta

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.81%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.79% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).