Mollepata District, Anta

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]

Mollepata Mullipata
District
Main square of Mollepata
Mollepata Location within Peru
Coordinates: 13°28′S 72°38′W
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Anta
Founded	April 29, 1929
Capital	Mollepata
Government
• Mayor	Marco Antonio Chacon Delgado
Area
• Total	284.48 km2 (109.84 sq mi)
Elevation	2,803 m (9,196 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,543
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080307

Ethnic groups

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]