Chinchihuasi District

Chinchihuasi Chinchi Wasi
District
Chinchihuasi
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Churcampa
Founded	January 11, 1962
Capital	Chinchihuasi
Government
•  Mayor	Miguel Abregu Torre
Area
• Total	171.68 km2 (66.29 sq mi)
Elevation	2,800 m (9,200 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,935
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090503

Chinchihuasi or Chinchi Wasi (Quechua chinchi a kind of chili pepper, wasi house, ^[1] "chili pepper house") is one of ten districts of the Churcampa Province in Peru. ^[2]

Geography

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

• Artisa
• Chawpi Urqu
• Ch'aki Qucha
• Ch'iqullu
• Hatun Pampa
• Muyu Urqu
• Ñaqch'a Ñaqch'a
• Qasqa Rumi
• Q'iru Q'asa
• T'uru Rumi
• Wisk'achayuq
• Yana Urqu

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (91.46%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.08% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[4]

References

1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
3. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Churcampa Province (Huancavelica 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)

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