Sañayca District

Sañayca District is one of the seventeen districts of the Aymaraes Province in Peru.

Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Hatun Wamanwiri at approximately 4400 m. Other mountains are listed below:

• Aqu Q'asa

• Chawpi Urqu

• Ichhu Marka

• Ichhu Urqu

• Kirki Q'asa

• Kuntur Marka

• Kuntur Wachu

• Llulluch'a

• Llulluch'aw

• Ñawpa Llaqta

• Pichqa Pukyu

• Pilluni

• Puka Qucha

• P'unqu

• Qucha Qucha

• Qullpa

• Qura Unu

• Siwi Sirk'a

• Sullka Wamanwiri

• Waylla Qucha

• Yana Mach'ay

• 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 (84.15%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.44% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).