Huanipaca District

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

Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Ampay at 5236 m located in the Ampay National Sanctuary. Other mountains are listed below:

• Ch'uñuna

• Ch'uspirqa

• Inka Wasi

• Jayuri

• K'usilluyuq

• Qucha Urqu

• Qullqa Pata

• Suchuna Pata

• T'asta Q'asa

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (77.81%) learnt to speak in childhood, 21.41% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).