Yanaoca District

Yanaoca District is one of eight districts in the Canas Province in Peru. Its seat is Yanaoca.

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

• Aqu Saya

• Ch'uwaña

• Hatun Urqu

• Kuntur Sinqa

• Mik'aya

• Pukara

• Qaqa

• Q'ululu Kinray

• Tika Pallana

• Waqutu

• Yana Urqu

• Yawri Kunka

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (88.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.90% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).