Ocalli District Explained

Ocalli
Native Name:Uqalli
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:frameless
Coordinates:-6.2531°N -78.2861°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Peru
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Amazonas
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Luya
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:para
Established Title:Founded
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Ocalli
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Francisco Cubas Melendez
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:177.39
Elevation M:1800
Population Total:3729
Population As Of:2005 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:PET
Utc Offset1:-5
Blank Name Sec1:UBIGEO
Blank Info Sec1:010512

Ocalli is a district of the province of Luya, Peru. Cashew spreads from the high mountain towards the shores of the River, with borders to the north with the district of Conila, in the East with Inguilpata, in the southeast with that of Ocumal, in the south-west with the district of Providence, and in the west with Cajamarca. There is a highway that divides from Corral Burned up to the capital of the district, the people of Ocalli, which possesses a big market for the buy and selling of coffee.

The management holidays of the capital Ocalli are celebrated from October 25 until October 28. As typical meals are known by the chochoca, the nickname, the locro, the stew, the churumbo and the cuy with potatoes, between others.

Ocalli offers several attractive places for tourists like whitewater and ruins of the culture Chachapoyas.

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