Ocoruro District

Ocoruro (Hispanicized spelling) or Uqururu (Aymara and Quechua for Mimulus glabratus) is one of eight districts of the Espinar Province in Peru.

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

• Allqamarini

• Apachita

• Aqhu Phichaqa

• Atawallpa

• Atawallpa Much'u

• Ch'uwañuma

• Hatun Chhuka

• Huch'uy Mut'u

• Isankani

• Janq'u Q'awa

• Kuntur Sayana

• Machu Kunturuma

• Mut'u

• Pilluni

• Qaqa Urqu

• Q'ara Qullu

• Q'atawini

• Salla

• Tarujani

• Wallqa

• Wanu Wanu

• 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 (80.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.73% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).