Chinchihuasi District

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Chinchihuasi
Chinchiwasi
District
Chinchihuasi
Chinchihuasi
Country  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Churcampa
Founded January 11, 1962
Capital Chinchihuasi
Government
 • Mayor Miguel Abregu Torre
Area
 • Total 171.68 km2 (66.29 sq mi)
Elevation 2,800 m (9,200 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 3,935
 • Density 23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 090503

Chinchihuasi or Chinchiwasi (Quechua chinchi a kind of chili pepper, wasi house,[1] "chili pepper house") is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa in Peru.[2]

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).[3]

References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  3. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)


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