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Checca District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Canas

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,810 m

Capital
  
Checca, Peru

Region
  
Cusco

Founded
  
January 2, 1857

UBIGEO
  
080502

Area
  
503.8 kmĀ²

Checca District

Checca District is the largest of eight districts in the Canas Province in Peru. Its seat is Checca.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (98.68%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.10% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Checca District Wikipedia