Marcas District

Marcas District is one of eight districts of the Acobamba Province in Peru.

Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Uma Kunka at approximately 4000 m. Other mountains are listed below:

• Añas Waqra

• Mulli Pata

• Parquy Urqu

• P'iqiri

• Qullqi Q'asa

• Q'illu Urqu

• Sapalluyuq

• Silla Qucha

• Tinyaq Urqu

• Wik'uñayuq

• Yana Urqu

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.31%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.33% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).