Chinchero District

Chinchero Chinchiru
District
Plaza Chinchero Rural terraces Overview of the town Templo Nuestra Señora de la Natividad
Coordinates: 13°23′28″S72°2′52″W / 13.39111°S 72.04778°W / -13.39111; -72.04778
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Urubamba
Founded	September 9, 1905
Capital	Chinchero
Government
•  Mayor	Luis Hector Cusicuna Quispe
Area
• Total	94.57 km2 (36.51 sq mi)
Elevation	3,762 m (12,343 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	10,477
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	081302
Website	munichinchero.gob.pe

Chinchero District is one of seven districts of the Urubamba Province in Peru. ^[1] The town of Chinchero is the capital of the district. It is the location for the proposed Chinchero International Airport, which would serve travelers to the Cusco Region. ^[2]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Hatun Luychu at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below: ^[3]

• Ichhu Kancha
• Kunka Kunka
• K'usi Qaqa
• Pata Kancha
• Quri Qucha Punta
• Quri Qucha Qaqa
• Sinqa
• Wallata Wachana
• Wanakawri (Anta-Urubamba)
• Yuthu Pukyu

Ethnic groups

The people that live in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.49%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.95% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[4]

Climate

Chinchero has a dry-winter subpolar oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwc), that borders very closely on both a tundra climate (Köppen climate classification: ET), and a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk).

Climate data for Chincheros, Peru (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	16 (61)	16 (61)	16 (61)	17 (63)	16 (61)	16 (61)	16 (61)	16 (61)	17 (63)	18 (64)	17 (63)	17 (63)	16.5 (61.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	4 (39)	3 (37)	3 (37)	1 (34)	−2 (28)	−4 (25)	−6 (21)	−4 (25)	−1 (30)	1 (34)	2 (36)	3 (37)	0 (32)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	117 (4.6)	81 (3.2)	72 (2.8)	36 (1.4)	3 (0.1)	3 (0.1)	0 (0)	9 (0.4)	12 (0.5)	24 (0.9)	45 (1.8)	51 (2.0)	453 (17.8)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	17	10	13	7	2	2	0	2	4	6	8	9	81
Source: WW [5]

Notable residents

The anthropologists Ed and Chris Franquemont lived among the Chinchero people during the 1970s, studying traditional textile production techniques. Their daughter Abby Franquemont, having spent her childhood within a spinning culture, later became a revivalist of hand spinning with the spindle. ^[6]

See also

• Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco, CTTC)
• Lliklla
• Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez
• List of archaeological sites in Peru

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. "International Airport of Chinchero - Cusco (AICC) :: Proinversión". www.proyectosapp.pe. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
3. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Urubamba Province (Cusco Region)
4. 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)
5. "Weather Averages and Activities". World Weather Online. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
6. Abby Franquemont, Respect the Spindle, spin infinite yarns with one amazing tool, Interweave (2009) ISBN   9781596681552

External links

• (in Spanish) Official municipal website