Puyusca District
# 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 5,505 m (18,061 ft). 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).

