Founded January 11, 1962 Time zone PET (UTC-5) Elevation 2,800 m | Region Huancavelica Capital Chinchihuasi UBIGEO 090503 Area 171.7 km² | |
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Chinchihuasi or Chinchiwasi (Quechua chinchi a kind of chili pepper, wasi house, "chili pepper house") is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa in Peru.
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).
References
Chinchihuasi District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA