Ecosystem/Ecology

Height between 3200 and 5000 meters above sea level. Mixed use of soils, including rotational fields (muyuys), permanent cultivation fields (chacras), native shrubs and forests, non-native forests, grazing areas, lakes, rivers and wetlands

Biological and Genetic Diversity

• Various traditional crops such as tarwi, quinoa, kiwicha, corn, beans, olluco, oca
• 1400 varieties of native potato and other Andean tubers
• Raising animals that provide meat (guinea pig, alpaca), sheep's wool, llama, and alpaca; medicines.
• Microgenecenter of domestication. 3 species - wild potato.

Communities

• Cuyo Grande
• Sacaca
• Chawaytire
• Amaru
• Pampallaqta
• Paru Paru