Chinchihuasi District
Chinchihuasi or Chinchi Wasi (Quechua chinchi a kind of chili pepper, wasi house, "chili pepper house") is one of ten districts of the Churcampa Province in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Qiwllaqucha at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below:
- Artisa
- Chawpi Urqu
- Ch'aki Qucha
- Ch'iqullu
- Hatun Pampa
- Muyu Urqu
- Ñaqch'a Ñaqch'a
- Qasqa Rumi
- Q'iru Q'asa
- T'uru Rumi
- Wisk'achayuq
- Yana Urqu
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
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ (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 map Churcampa Province (Huancavelica 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)
| |
|---|---|
| Acobamba | |
| Angaraes | |
| Castrovirreyna | |
| Churcampa | |
| Huancavelica | |
| Huaytará | |
| Tayacaja | |
.svg){kind=small}
 | This Huancavelica Region geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |