# Virundo District, Grau Province, Apurimac Department

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

District · Grau Province 

# Virundo

Virundo is a district of Peru in Grau Province, Apurimac Department. It covers **114.2 km²**. 30 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 114km²
- 2mapped services
- 3,991 mtypical elevation

## Where is Virundo?

Virundo lies in [Grau Province](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/grau/), [Apurimac Department](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/), [Peru](https://wherepedia.org/peru/). It borders 4 other districts: [Huaquirca](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/antabamba/huaquirca/), [Oropesa](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/antabamba/oropesa/), [Pataypampa](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/grau/pataypampa/) and [Turpay](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/grau/turpay/). By area it is the 1297th largest of 1,873 districts in Peru. It covers 5.4% of [Grau Province](https://wherepedia.org/peru/apurimac/grau/). The centre of Virundo is about 534 km in a straight line from Lima, the capital. The centre point is at 14.2934° S, 72.6658° 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: Virundo

- 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) · Andahuaylas99 km
- Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ) · Cusco115 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 06:12, 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 Virundo

Open gazetteers list **30 villages, towns and localities** in Virundo.

- Acsunche
- Ancaschaca
- Ancasi
- Callinto
- Campanayoc
- Cceneccella
- Ccoruropercca
- Cochajasa
- Culaconcha
- Huancarane
- Huaracpata
- Jancoripa
- Kote
- Llallinjocha
- Ojoruro
- Palcachani
- Palcopampa
- Pampansa
- Puca Puca
- Quimpe
- Racrama
- San Antonio
- San Juan de Virundo
- Sicahuayoc
- Sillanca
- Tairusanca
- Usno Urco
- Villa Miraflores
- Yanacocha
- Yanapacharay

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).

## Weather in Virundo and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Grau Province, the warmest month is Nov (average 6 °C) and the coolest is Jul (4 °C), after allowing for this place being about 379 m higher 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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- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 5 135 

Feb 5 132 

Mar 5 102 

Apr 5 40 

May 4 12 

Jun 4 4 

Jul 4 11 

Aug 4 11 

Sep 5 23 

Oct 6 59 

Nov 6 70 

Dec 6 136 

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

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Virundo

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Bank Banco de la Nación · Chuquibambilla 21 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.10541&mlon=-72.70834#map=17/-14.10541/-72.70834) 

School Institución Educativa Javier Heraud · Virundo 4.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-14.25400&mlon=-72.68320#map=17/-14.25400/-72.68320) 

Police station Comisaría PNP Mamara · Mamara 11 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 Virundo

Places mapped inside Virundo 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
- Turpay
- Vilcabamba

## Quick answers

- Where is Virundo?In Grau Province, Apurimac Department, Peru
- What borders Virundo?Huaquirca, Oropesa, Pataypampa and Turpay
- What time zone is Virundo in?UTC−5
- What currency is used in Virundo?Sol (PEN)
- What language is spoken in Virundo?Spanish, Quechua, Aymara (main languages nationally)
- How many villages are in Virundo?30 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- Where is the nearest bank to Virundo?Banco de la Nación, about 21 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Virundo?PE030713 (OCHA common operational dataset)