Puyusca District

Puyusca (Quechua: Phuyusqa, meaning "cloudy") is one of eight districts of the Parinacochas Province in Peru.

Geography
One of the highest elevations of the district is glacier-covered Sara Sara volcano at 5505 m. Other mountains are listed below:

• Hatun Urqu

• Kuntur Sirk'a

• Pichqa

• Pisti

• Puka Puka

• Phuyusqa

• Qiñwa Punta

• Ruphaylla

• Sara Qutuna

• Saywa Pampa

• Uywa Qhawarina

• Wamantirka

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.97% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).