Checacupe District

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]

Checacupe
Ch'iqa Kupi
District
Country Peru
RegionCusco
ProvinceCanchis
CapitalChecacupe
Government
 • MayorJesús Quispe Hancco
Area
 • Total962.34 km2 (371.56 sq mi)
Elevation
3,446 m (11,306 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total5,650
 • Density5.9/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO080602

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'iqa Izquierdo.
  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)
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