The Kallawaya mountain range and the Willkanuta mountain range traverse the district. Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[2]
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (83.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.48% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]
Climate
Climate data for Ollachea, elevation 2,706 m (8,878 ft), (1991–2020)
^escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Carabaya Province and Putina Province (Puno Region)
^inei.gob.peArchived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)