Sara Sara District

Sara Sara
—  District  —
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Paucar del Sara Sara
Founded	January 2, 1985
Capital	Quilcata
Government
- Mayor	Pedro José Rivera Vizcardo
Area
- Total	79.58 km2 (30.7 sq mi)
Elevation	3,300 m (10,827 ft)
Population (2005 census)
- Total	791
- Density	9.9/km2 (25.7/sq mi)
Time zone	PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO	050810

Sara Sara District is one of ten districts of the province Paucar del Sara Sara in Peru.^[1]

Sara Sara Mountain

Sara Sara Mountain is a 5,505 m (18,061 ft) high volcano lying between Laguna Parinacocha and the Río Ocona in Perú. The Spanish priest Cristobal de Albornoz noted in 1583 that Sara Sara was one of the most important sacred places in the southern part of Peru, with 2,000 colonists sent by the Inca emperor for its service. The American archaeologist Johan Reinhard surveyed a site on its summit in 1983 and he and Peruvian archaeologist Jose Antonio Chavez led a team that uncovered more than a dozen statues and a female Inca mummy (later nicknamed Sarita) on the summit in 1996. Their expedition was transmitted "live" over the Internet.^[2] The findings made on Sara Sara are currently stored at the Museo de Santuarios Andinos in Arequipa.

References

1. ^ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. ^ http://www.pbs.org/nova/Peru

Further reading

Reinhard, Johan (2005). The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. ISBN 0-7922-6838-5.