Mollepata | |
Native Name: | Mullipata |
Native Name Lang: | qu |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | frameless |
Pushpin Map: | Peru |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Peru |
Coordinates: | -13.4667°N -110°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Cusco |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Anta |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts Style: | para |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | April 29, 1929 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Mollepata |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Marco Antonio Chacon Delgado |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 284.48 |
Elevation M: | 2803 |
Population Total: | 3543 |
Population As Of: | 2005 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | PET |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 080307 |
Mollepata District is one of nine districts of the province Anta, in the Department of Cuzco, in Peru.[1] 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.[2]
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).[3]