- Pampachiri
Infobox District Peru
district = Pampachiri
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region = Apurímac
province = Andahuaylas
capital = Pampachiri
elevation = 3362
hamlets =
ubigeo = 030210
pop = commas|2948
density = commas|4.9
area = commas|602.5
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mayor = Wilfredo Cirilo Chipana Fernandez
web =Pampachiri is a rural district in
Andahuaylas Province in theApurímac Region of southernPeru . It is also the name of a village in the district. The population of the district is about 2,400 with about 1,000 of those residents living in the village of the same name.Before the
Spanish conquest it was populated by theIncas ,Chancas andWari peoples who have left numerous archeological sites in the area. There exist populations of pumas, condors and many other rare animals and plants.It is an area of outstanding natural beauty. High in the puna area is the spectacular "bosque de piedras" which is an unusual geological phenomena of volcanic rocks in the shape of large smooth cones.
It is situated on the Puquio to Andahuaylas Highway which
as of 2005 is still unpaved. The main econonmic activities of the population are subsistence agriculture and cattle raising (lowlands) and alpaca and vicuña husbandry (highlands). It is one of the poorest districts of Peru with a typical family income of under US$1000 a year.
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