Huancaray District

Huancaray (from Quechua Wankaray, meaning "to gobble") is one of the nineteen districts of the Andahuaylas Province in Peru.

Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Wamanripa at approximately 4200 m. Other mountains are listed below:

• Aqu Urqu

• Arpa Kancha

• Chipaw

• Chiri Yaku

• Ch'iqchi

• Hatun Wasi

• Qillqa

• Waman Tiyana

• Wamp'u

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (89.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.23% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).