Tisco District
District in Arequipa, Peru
15°20′51″S 71°26′46″W / 15.3476°S 71.4461°W / -15.3476; -71.4461![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png)
(2005 census)
Tisco District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma in Peru.[1]
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[2]
- Allqamari
- Apachita
- Chilluma
- Chuqi Pirwa
- Chuqi Phiruru
- Chuqi Tampu
- Janq'u
- Jañuma Pirwa
- Kallka K'uchu
- Kimsa Chata
- Kiska Kiska
- Kuntur Sayana
- Laramani
- Misa Urqu
- Pirwa
- Puma Urqu
- Qillqa
- Qillwa
- Q'ara Qullu
- Q'iwiri
- Wallatani
- Wayna Kunturiri
- Wila Pukara
- Wiluma
- Wiska Apachita
- Wisk'achayuq
- Wiswillani
![Entrance to Tisco's main plaza through its gate](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Tisco-gate-main-plaza.jpg/220px-Tisco-gate-main-plaza.jpg)
Entrance to Tisco's main plaza through its gate
![Church of San Pedro Apostol de Tisco, with Plaza in foreground](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Iglesia-san-pedro-apostol-tisco-church-plaza.jpg/220px-Iglesia-san-pedro-apostol-tisco-church-plaza.jpg)
Church of San Pedro Apostol de Tisco, with Plaza in foreground
![The village of Tisco as seen from the air](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Tisco-village-andes-aerial.jpg/220px-Tisco-village-andes-aerial.jpg)
The village of Tisco as seen from the air
![The towers of Tisco's church](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Iglesia-san-pedro-apostol-tisco-church-towers.jpg/220px-Iglesia-san-pedro-apostol-tisco-church-towers.jpg)
The towers of Tisco's church
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.76%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.06% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]
See also
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Caylloma Province 1 and 2 (Arequipa Region)
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
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- Districts of Arequipa Region
- Peru
- Alto Selva Alegre
- Arequipa
- Cayma
- Cerro Colorado
- Characato
- Chiguata
- Jacobo Hunter
- José Luis Bustamante
- La Joya
- Mariano Melgar
- Miraflores
- Mollebaya
- Paucarpata
- Pocsi
- Polobaya
- Quequeña
- Sabandía
- Sachaca
- San Juan de Siguas
- San Juan de Tarucani
- Santa Isabel de Siguas
- Santa Rita de Siguas
- Socabaya
- Tiabaya
- Uchumayo
- Vitor
- Yanahuara
- Yarabamba
- Yura
15°20′51″S 71°26′46″W / 15.3476°S 71.4461°W / -15.3476; -71.4461
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