Checacupe or Ch'iqa Kupi (
Aymara ''ch'iqa'' left, ''kupi'' right, "left right") is one of eight
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of the
Canchis Province in the
Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...
in
Peru.
Geography
The
Willkanuta mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below:
The most important rivers of the district are the
Willkanuta River and
Ch'illkamayu
Chillcamayu (possibly from Quechua ''ch'illka'' '' baccharis'', ''mayu'' river, "baccharis river") which upstream is called Jampamayo and downstream Pitumarca is a river in Peru located in the Cusco Region
Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Q ...
, one of its right tributaries.
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
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...
).
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
References
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