Pampachiri

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Pampachiri is a small village and associated rural district in the Province of Andahuaylas, Department of Apurímac in Southern Peru. The population of the rural district is approximately 2400 with about 1000 concentrated in the village in its northern lowland area.

Before the Spanish conquest it was populated by the Incas, Chancas and Wari peoples who have left numerous archeological sites in the area. There exist populations of pumas, condors and many other rare animals and plants.

It is an area of outstanding natural beauty. High in the puna area is the spectacular "bosque de piedras" which is an unusual geological phenomena of volcanic rocks in the shape of large smooth cones.

It is situated on the Puquio to Andahuaylas highway which as of 2005 is still unpaved. The main econonmic activities of the population are subsistence agriculture and cattle raising (lowlands) and alpaca and vicuña husbandry (highlands). It is one of the poorest districts of Peru with a typical family income of under US$1000 a year.