Checacupe District
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| Checacupe Ch'iqakupi | |
|---|---|
| District | |
| Country |
 Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Province | Canchis |
| Capital | Checacupe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jesús Quispe Hancco |
| Area | |
| • Total | 962.34 km2 (371.56 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,446 m (11,306 ft) |
| Population (2005 census) | |
| • Total | 5,650 |
| • Density | 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PET (UTC-5) |
| UBIGEO | 080602 |
Checacupe (in hispanicized spelling) or Ch'iqakupi (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]
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).[4]
References
- ↑ illa-a.org Ludovico Bertonio (1612), Aymara-Spanish dictionary (transpription): Ch'iqa Izquierdo.
- ↑ www.katari.org Kupi (s.) Mano derecha.
- ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
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