Chinchero District

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Chinchero
Chinchiru
District
Plaza Chinchero.jpg
Chinchero (4462634387).jpg
Plaza de Chinchero, Cusco.jpg
Templo Nuestra Senora de la Natividad (Chinchero).jpg
From top, clockwise:
Plaza Chinchero, rural terraces, Templo Nuestra Señora de la Natividad, overview of the town
Coordinates: 13°23′28″S72°2′52″W / 13.39111°S 72.04778°W / -13.39111; -72.04778
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Urubamba
FoundedSeptember 9, 1905
Capital Chinchero
Government
 •  Mayor Luis Hector Cusicuna Quispe
Area
 • Total94.57 km2 (36.51 sq mi)
Elevation
3,762 m (12,343 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total10,477
 • Density110/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]

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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]

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)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
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)17101372202468981
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

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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


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