San José District, Azángaro

San José District is one of fifteen districts of the Azángaro Province in Peru.

Geography
One of the highest elevations of the district is Surupana at approximately 5162 m. Other mountains are listed below:

• Allqamarini

• Anta Qalla

• Anta Mit'ani

• Ch'amakani

• Hatun Qurini

• Llallawa

• Mansanani

• Pukara

• Uqi Kunka

• T'utura Pata

• Warachani

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.85% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).