Chacoche District

Chacoche
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Abancay
Founded	December 28, 1961
Capital	Chacoche
Government
• Mayor	Martin Puma Cayllahua
Area
• Total	186.1 km^2 (71.9 sq mi)
Elevation	3,433 m (11,263 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,381
• Density	7.4/km^2 (19/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030102

Chacoche District is one of the nine districts of the Abancay Province in Peru.^[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Wik'uña Wat'a at approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below:^[2]

• Antaq Allpa
• Inti Waman
• Kuntur Llapana
• Kuntur Pampa
• Llulluch'ani
• Nina Urqu
• Pinqulluni
• Puka Ch'ullu
• Qiwña P'ukru
• Surimana
• Tirani
• Tuqtuqa
• Uya Uya
• Wanathi Uma
• Yana Qucha
• Yawriwiri

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (68.89%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.76% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[3]

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Abancay Province (Apurimac Region)
3. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

13°56′53″S 72°59′28″W