San Pedro de Casta District
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San Pedro de Casta | |
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 Interactive map of San Pedro de Casta | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Lima |
| Province | Huarochirí |
| Capital | San Pedro de Casta |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Castulo Liberto Obispo Bautista |
| Area | |
• Total | 79.91 km2 (30.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,180 m (10,430 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 999 |
| • Density | 12.5/km2 (32.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 150724 |
San Pedro de Casta District is one of thirty-two districts of the province Huarochirí in Peru.[1] The town of San Pedro de Casta is known for its proximity to Marcahuasi, and receives the majority of its attention from this tourist attraction. Nevertheless, over the 20th century the town has attracted significant academic interest, largely due to its traditional annual week-long canal-cleaning ritual carried out every October. More recent research has focused on historical aspects of this ritual; Casta is home to the early twentieth-century Entablo Manuscript, which describes Casta's ritual water laws in predominantly Spanish language from a local point of view. Scholars have drawn comparisons between the 'Entablo' and the Quechua language early colonial Huarochirí Manuscript from the same Peruvian province.
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