Checacupe_District

Checacupe District

Checacupe District

District in Cusco, Peru

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]

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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. [1]
    illa-a.org Ludovico Bertonio (1612), Aymara-Spanish dictionary (transpription): Ch'iqa Izquierdo.
  2. [2]
    www.katari.org Kupi (s.) Mano derecha.
  3. [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. [4]
    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Carabaya Province and the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
  5. [5]
    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region)
  6. [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)

14.0254°S 71.4536°W / -14.0254; -71.4536


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