Lares District

Lares District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru.

Geography
The Urupampa mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest peaks of the district is Sawasiray at 5818 m. Other mountains are listed below:

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.91%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.77% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).