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Checacupe District

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Country
  
Peru

Capital
  
Checacupe

UBIGEO
  
080602

Area
  
962.3 km²

Region
  
Cusco

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,446 m

Province
  
Canchis Province


Checacupe (in hispanicized spelling) or Ch'iqakupi (Aymara ch'iqa left, kupi right, "left right") is one of eight districts of the Canchis Province in the Cusco Region in Peru.

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Map of Checacupe, Peru

Geography

The most important rivers of the district are the Willkanuta River and Ch'illkamayu, one of its right tributaries.

The Willkanuta mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below:

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).

References

Checacupe District Wikipedia