Turpo District

Turpo (from Quechua T'urpu, meaning "pointed") is one of the nineteen districts of the Andahuaylas Province in Peru.

Geography
It is elevated at 3,297 m above sea level. One of the highest peaks of the district is Pisti at approximately 4200 m. Other mountains are listed below:


 * Anta Qaqa
 * Apankayniyuq
 * Illa Rumi
 * Liq'i Yakana Pampa
 * Qucha Pampa

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.22%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.57% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).