Chinchihuasi District

Chinchihuasi
Chinchiwasi
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 PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 090503

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

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).[3]

References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  3. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 12°31′07″S 74°32′52″W / 12.5185°S 74.5478°W