Nuñoa District

Nuñuwa District is one of nine districts of the Melgar Province in Peru. The town of Nuñoa has become a destination for tourists as they start the climb to Machu Picchu. The growth of this local tourist industry has been stimulating changes in society, as the anthropologist Morgan Hoke has shown in a study of the impact of tourist eateries, especially pizzerias, on dairy and cheese production and on consequently on women's participation in the Nuñoa economy.

Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:

• Aqu Punta

• Chuwani

• Ch'iyar Jaqhi (Cusco-Puno)

• Ch'iyar Jaqhi (Melgar)

• Jarupata

• Hatun Sallika

• Hatun Yuraq Qaqa

• Hatunk'uchu

• Kuntur Pata

• Kuntur Saya

• Khunurana

• Lluxisa

• Minas Tira

• Misti Urqu

• P'allchani

• Pirwani

• Puka Ch'uwaña

• Puka Parina

• P'iya Qhuyani

• Qillwa Quta

• Quchak'uchu

• Qullpa Qaqa

• Qhuna Tira

• Q'illu Qaqa

• Sach'apata

• Salla Muqu

• Salla Tira

• Salla Wanqani

• Sampu

• Silla Qhata

• Surapata

• Sura Punta

• Waylla Wit'u

• Wila Pata

• Willu Punchu

• Wiqu

• Wisa Wisa

• Wit'u Uma

• Yanaqucha

• Yuraq Q'asa (Chullupata)

• Yuraq Q'asa (Pumanuta)

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (83.60%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.04 	% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).