Pampamarca District, La Unión

Pampamarca District is one of eleven districts of the La Unión Province in Peru.

Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Lunq'u at 5224 m. Other mountains are listed below:

• Anta P'unqu

• Aqu

• Ichhu Pata

• Illayuq

• Kimsa Qaqa

• Kunturillu

• Mach'ay P'unqu

• Pari Pari

• Paxsi

• Pilluni

• Qarwa K'uchu

• Qulluta

• Runtuyuq

• Sura Pata

• Tarujani

• T'uru Mach'ay

• Waman Allqa

• Wansu

• Waqutu

• Waylla Marka

• Waylla Sura

• Wilachiri

• Yana Qaqa

• Yana Sura

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).