Vitis District
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Vitis District is one of thirty-three districts
of the province Yauyos
in Peru
and located in the Reserva Paisajistica Nor-Yauyos Cochas (Nor-Yauyos Cochas Landscape Reserve.)
Vitis has a small annex 42 kilometers from the center of town, named Chunurarran, which is inaccessible by road and is used by the townsfolk for their cows, llamas, and alpacas. Few people really live in Chunurraran throughout the entire calendar year. From Chunurraran as well as the path to the annex views of a small mini-chain of snow-covered mountains can be seen. As is the case with the rest of the Sierra mountains in Peru, much of these mountains' snow has receded a significant amount in the past decades and the last of the permanent snow-covered mountains in the whole province of Yauyos
will have disappeared completely within the next few decades.
From Cochaswasi, which in Quechua means "Lake House" (Cochas=lakes, Wasi=house), one has a view of two rivers, the River Canete and River Puente, as well as of Lake Piquecocha down below. The people of Vitis call Cochaswasi "Mini Machu Picchu" because it is on top of a flat part of the mountain and two rivers can be seen from it, as is the case with Machu Picchu. Higher up the mountain is Huayllugina. From both sites views of dozens of mountaintops, sometimes snow-covered, can be seen.
Districts of Peru
The districts of Peru are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments...
of the province Yauyos
Yauyos Province
The Yauyos Province is a province located in the Lima Region of Peru. It is one of the eleven that make up that region.-Boundaries:*North: Huarochirí Province*East: Junín Region, Huancavelica Region*South: Ica Region...
in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
and located in the Reserva Paisajistica Nor-Yauyos Cochas (Nor-Yauyos Cochas Landscape Reserve.)
Vitis has a small annex 42 kilometers from the center of town, named Chunurarran, which is inaccessible by road and is used by the townsfolk for their cows, llamas, and alpacas. Few people really live in Chunurraran throughout the entire calendar year. From Chunurraran as well as the path to the annex views of a small mini-chain of snow-covered mountains can be seen. As is the case with the rest of the Sierra mountains in Peru, much of these mountains' snow has receded a significant amount in the past decades and the last of the permanent snow-covered mountains in the whole province of Yauyos
Yauyos
Yauyos is a town in Central Peru, capital of the province Yauyos in the region Lima. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Yauyos....
will have disappeared completely within the next few decades.
Origins: Cochaswasi and Huayllugina
The origins of the people of the town of Vitis lie in its archaeological sites, Cochaswasi and Huayllugina. With claims to existence before the times of the Incan Empire, Cochaswasi and Huayullugina are about an hour's walk from the town of Vitis and are composed of fallen houses as well as the remains of an old irrigation system.From Cochaswasi, which in Quechua means "Lake House" (Cochas=lakes, Wasi=house), one has a view of two rivers, the River Canete and River Puente, as well as of Lake Piquecocha down below. The people of Vitis call Cochaswasi "Mini Machu Picchu" because it is on top of a flat part of the mountain and two rivers can be seen from it, as is the case with Machu Picchu. Higher up the mountain is Huayllugina. From both sites views of dozens of mountaintops, sometimes snow-covered, can be seen.