Checacupe District

Checacupe
Ch'iqakupi
District
Country  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Canchis
Capital Checacupe
Government
 • Mayor Jesús Quispe Hancco
Area
 • Total 962.34 km2 (371.56 sq mi)
Elevation 3,446 m (11,306 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 5,650
 • Density 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 080602

Checacupe (in hispanicized spelling) or Ch'iqakupi (Aymara ch'iqa left, kupi right,[1][2] "left right") is one of eight districts of the Canchis Province in the Cusco Region in Peru.[3]

Geography

The most important rivers of the district are the Willkanuta River and Ch'illkamayu, one of its right tributaries.[4]

The Willkanuta mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below:[5]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (82.89%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.09% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[6]

References

  1. ↑ illa-a.org Ludovico Bertonio (1612), Aymara-Spanish dictionary (transpription): Ch'iqa Izquierdo.
  2. ↑ www.katari.org Kupi (s.) Mano derecha.
  3. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  4. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region)
  5. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Carabaya Province and the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  6. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 14°01′31″S 71°27′13″W / 14.0254°S 71.4536°W / -14.0254; -71.4536

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