Checacupe District

District in Cusco, Peru

Checacupe Ch'iqa Kupi
District
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Canchis
Capital	Checacupe
Government
• Mayor	Jesús Quispe Hancco
Area
• Total	962.34 km² (371.56 sq mi)
Elevation	3,446 m (11,306 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	5,650
• Density	5.9/km² (15/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080602

Checacupe or Ch'iqa Kupi (Aymara ch'iqa left, kupi right,^[1]^[2] "left right") is one of eight districts of the Canchis Province in the Cusco Region in Peru.^[3]

Geography

The Willkanuta mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below:^[4]

Anta
Aqchi Wachana
Aqu Muqu
Chawpi Wasi
Chupika
Ch'uxña Quta
Inti Qhawana
Jach'a Sirk'i
Kancha Pata
Kanchayuq Punta
Kuntur Puñuna
Kuntur Sallani
Millu
Minas Qullu
Pichaqani
Puka Sallayuq
Pisqu Pata
Phatanka
Puma Qaqa
Puman Tira
P'anta Qaqa
Qillwa Qucha
Qinamari
Qullpa K'uchu
Qusqu Qhawarina
Quyllur Puñuna
Q'illu Muqu
Q'uli
Q'umirqucha
Runku Tawqa
Sallani
Sayri K'uchu
Siwarani
Sut'uq
Tutha Llipiña
Tuqlla Muqu
T'ika Pallana
Unu Lluqsina
Uqa Nasa
Uqi Kunka
Urqu Puñunan
Wamanripani
Wanakuni
Wanqani Apachita
Wari Muru
Wari Sallana
Wari Sallani
Warmi Qaqa
Wayna Kuntur
Wayra Qaqa
Wila Kunka
Willk'i
Yanaqucha

The most important rivers of the district are the Willkanuta River and Ch'illkamayu, one of its right tributaries.^[5]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (82.89%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.09% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[6]

References

^ illa-a.org Ludovico Bertonio (1612), Aymara-Spanish dictionary (transpription): Ch'iqa Izquierdo.
^ www.katari.org Kupi (s.) Mano derecha.
^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Carabaya Province and the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region)
^ 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)