Checacupe District

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Checacupe
Ch'iqa Kupi
Checacupe District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  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
  Total
5,650
  Density5.9/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]

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Geography

The Willkanuta mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below: [4]

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)

14°01′31″S71°27′13″W / 14.0254°S 71.4536°W / -14.0254; -71.4536