Capital Chipao UBIGEO 050606 Area 1,167 km² | Region Ayacucho Time zone PET (UTC-5) Elevation 3,420 m | |
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Chipao District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas in Peru.
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Map of Chipao, Peru
Geography
Some of the highest mountains in the district are Rasuwillka and Qarwarasu. Other mountains 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 (73.03%) learnt to speak in childhood, 26.54% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
Chipao District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA