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Chinchero District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Urubamba

Capital
  
Chinchero

Region
  
Cusco

Founded
  
September 9, 1905

Elevation
  
3,762 m (12,343 ft)

Chinchero District

Stones with snake form chinchero cusco peru


Chinchero District is one of seven districts of the province Urubamba in Peru.

Contents

Map of Chinchero District, Peru

Ethnic groups

The people that live in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.49%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.95% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Chinchero District Wikipedia