# Turpay District, Grau Province, Apurimac Department – Villages

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/grau/turpay/

District · Grau Province 

# Turpay

Turpay is a district of Peru in Grau Province, Apurimac Department. It covers **51.0 km²**. 19 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 51.0km²
- 2mapped services
- 3,429 mtypical elevation

## Where is Turpay?

Turpay lies in [Grau Province](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/grau/), [Apurimac Department](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/), [Peru](https://wherepedia.org/peru/). It borders 5 other districts: [Mamara](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/grau/mamara/), [Oropesa](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/antabamba/oropesa/), [Pataypampa](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/grau/pataypampa/), [San Antonio](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/grau/san-antonio/) and [Virundo](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/grau/virundo/). By area it is the 1619th largest of 1,873 districts in Peru. It covers 2.4% of [Grau Province](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/grau/). The centre of Turpay is about 533 km in a straight line from Lima, the capital. The centre point is at 14.2209° S, 72.6437° W.

Source: [Instituto Geográfico Nacional - IGN via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-per).

## Know before you go: Turpay

- Time zoneUTC−5, no daylight saving · America/Lima
- CurrencySol (PEN)
- Country calling code+51
- LanguagesSpanish, Quechua, Aymara
- Plug typesType A, B, C · 220 V
- Driving sideRight
- Postcode format5 digits (#####)

### Nearest airports

- Andahuaylas Airport (ANS) · Andahuaylas95 km
- Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) · Cusco108 km

### Daylight

Days are longest in Dec (about 13.0 hours, sunrise around 05:16) and shortest in Jun (about 11.3 hours, sunrise around 06:11, sunset around 17:29).

Source: [GeoNames country and time-zone files (CC BY 4.0)](https://www.geonames.org/); [Wikidata (CC0) — plug types, mains voltage, driving side; retrieved 2026-11-02](https://www.wikidata.org/); [OurAirports (public domain)](https://ourairports.com/data/).

Airports with scheduled passenger flights; straight-line distances. Daylight is calculated for the 15th of each month in local standard time. Check entry and visa rules with official government sources before travelling.

## Villages and localities in Turpay

Open gazetteers list **19 villages, towns and localities** in Turpay. The largest with a recorded population: Turpay (603).

- Araja
- Cochapata
- Jairusanqui
- Kallaccasa
- Paccoccolla
- Pacra
- Pamparacay
- Parhuaysa
- Percapay
- Pintapata
- Pishipay
- Rayoscca
- Sachajata
- Sombreroyoc
- Sucahuaylla
- Ttallaray
- Turpay
- Yanamachay
- Yuraccmachay

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Turpay

Named natural and historic features inside Turpay, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

2 rivers and streams.

- Quebrada Saurama
- Río Oropesa

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Turpay and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Grau Province, the warmest month is Nov (average 10 °C) and the coolest is Jul (7 °C), after allowing for this place being about 183 m lower than the climate reference point (about 6.5 °C per 1,000 m). About 734 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Dec (136 mm) and the driest Jun (4 mm). No month is both mild and dry, so plan around the rains.

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- Jun
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Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 9 135 

Feb 9 132 

Mar 9 102 

Apr 9 40 

May 8 12 

Jun 7 4 

Jul 7 11 

Aug 8 11 

Sep 9 23 

Oct 10 59 

Nov 10 70 

Dec 9 136 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Turpay

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank Banco de la Nación · Chuquibambilla 15 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.10541&mlon=-72.70834#map=17/-14.10541/-72.70834) 

School Institución Educativa Horacio Zevallos Gamez · Turpay 2.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.22740&mlon=-72.61950#map=17/-14.22740/-72.61950) 

Police station Comisaría PNP Mamara · Mamara 5.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.22943&mlon=-72.59042#map=17/-14.22943/-72.59042) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Turpay

Places mapped inside Turpay in open map data, by type.

- Schools2

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other districts in Grau Province

- Chuquibambilla
- Curasco
- Curpahuasi
- Gamarra
- Huayllati
- Mamara
- Micaela Bastidas
- Pataypampa
- Progreso
- San Antonio
- Santa Rosa
- Vilcabamba
- Virundo

## Quick answers

- Where is Turpay?In Grau Province, Apurimac Department, Peru
- What borders Turpay?Mamara, Oropesa, Pataypampa, San Antonio and Virundo
- What time zone is Turpay in?UTC−5
- What currency is used in Turpay?Sol (PEN)
- What language is spoken in Turpay?Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (main languages nationally)
- How many villages are in Turpay?19 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- Where is the nearest bank to Turpay?Banco de la Nación, about 15 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Turpay?PE030711 (OCHA common operational dataset)