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Mollepata Mullipata
District
Main square of Mollepata
MollepataLocation within Peru
Coordinates: 13°28′S 72°38′W / 13.467°S 72.633°W / -13.467; -72.633
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Anta
Founded	April 29, 1929
Capital	Mollepata
Government
• Mayor	Marco Antonio Chacon Delgado
Area
• Total	284.48 km (109.84 sq mi)
Elevation	2,803 m (9,196 ft)
Population
• Total	3,543
• Density	12/km (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080307

Mollepata District is one of nine districts of the province Anta, in the Department of Cuzco, in Peru. It is part of the Salkantay trek, an alternative route to the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, which passes through the Vilcabamba Range from Mollepata to Santa Teresa.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (74.13%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.83% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. "The High Road to Ruins". Travel. 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
3. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

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