Totos District

District in Ayacucho, Peru

Totos
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Cangallo
Capital	Totos
Government
• Mayor	Teresa De La Cruz Licas
Area
• Total	112.9 km² (43.6 sq mi)
Elevation	3,286 m (10,781 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	4,415
• Density	39/km² (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050206

Totos District is one of six districts of the province Cangallo in Peru.^[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Antap'iti at 4,410 m (14,470 ft). Other mountains are listed below:^[2]

Atuq Wachana
Chawpi Urqu
Chukchu
Huch'uy Puka Q'asa
Kiswara
Muqu Wasi
P'iti Q'asa
Qiñwa Urqu
Q'iruni
Runa Runa
Turichayuq
Uchku

The largest lakes in the district are Llulluch'a Qucha and Lawra Qucha.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.40% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[3]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Cangallo Province (Ayacucho 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)