Country Peru Founded May 15, 1970 Time zone PET (UTC-5) Elevation 3,442 m Province Anta Province | Region Cusco Capital Cachimayo UBIGEO 080303 Area 43.28 km² | |
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Cachimayo District is one of nine districts of the province Anta in Peru.
The district is named after the river Kachimayu (Quechua for "salt river") which crosses the district from west to east.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (50.34%) learnt to speak in childhood, 49.41% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
Cachimayo District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA