Checacupe District

Checacupe Ch'iqa Kupi
District
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Canchis
Capital	Checacupe
Government
•  Mayor	Percy Cueva Bolaños
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	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080602

Checacupe or Ch'iqa Kupi (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 Willkanuta mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below: ^[4]

• Anta
• Aqchi Wachana
• Aqu Muqu
• Chawpi Wasi
• Chupika
• Ch'uxña Quta
• Inti Qhawana
• Jach'a Sirk'i
• Kancha Pata
• Kanchayuq Punta
• Kuntur Puñuna
• Kuntur Sallani
• Millu
• Minas Qullu
• Pichaqani
• Puka Sallayuq
• Pisqu Pata
• Phatanka
• Puma Qaqa
• Puman Tira
• P'anta Qaqa
• Qillwa Qucha
• Qinamari
• Qullpa K'uchu
• Qusqu Qhawarina
• Quyllur Puñuna
• Q'illu Muqu
• Q'uli
• Q'umirqucha
• Runku Tawqa
• Sallani
• Sayri K'uchu
• Siwarani
• Sut'uq
• Tutha Llipiña
• Tuqlla Muqu
• T'ika Pallana
• Unu Lluqsina
• Uqa Nasa
• Uqi Kunka
• Urqu Puñunan
• Wamanripani
• Wanakuni
• Wanqani Apachita
• Wari Muru
• Wari Sallana
• Wari Sallani
• Warmi Qaqa
• Wayna Kuntur
• Wayra Qaqa
• Wila Kunka
• Willk'i
• Yanaqucha

The most important rivers of the district are the Willkanuta River and Ch'illkamayu, one of its right tributaries. ^[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'iqaIzquierdo.
2. www.katari.org Kupi(s.)Mano derecha.
3. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
4. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Carabaya Province and the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
5. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region)
6. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

External links

• Media related to Checacupe District at Wikimedia Commons

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