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Chinchero District

Coordinates : 13°23′28″S 72°2′52″W / 13.39111°S 72.04778°W / -13.39111; -72.04778 Chinchero District is one of seven districts of the Urubamba Province in Peru . [ 1 ] The town ...

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Coordinates: 13°23′28″S72°2′52″W / 13.39111°S 72.04778°W / -13.39111; -72.04778

Chinchero District is one of seven districts of the Urubamba Province in Peru.[1] The town of Chinchero is the capital of the district. It is the location for the proposed Chinchero International Airport, which would serve travelers to the Cusco Region.[2]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Hatun Luychu at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[3]

  • Ichhu Kancha
  • Kunka Kunka
  • K'usi Qaqa
  • Pata Kancha
  • Quri Qucha Punta
  • Quri Qucha Qaqa
  • Sinqa
  • Wallata Wachana
  • Wanakawri (Anta-Urubamba)
  • Yuthu Pukyu

Ethnic groups

The people that live in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.49%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.95% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[4]

Climate

Chinchero has a dry-winter subpolar oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwc), that borders very closely on both a tundra climate (Köppen climate classification: ET), and a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk).

Notable residents

The anthropologists Ed and Chris Franquemont lived among the Chinchero people during the 1970s, studying traditional textile production techniques. Their daughter Abby Franquemont, having spent her childhood within a spinning culture, later became a revivalist of hand spinning with the spindle.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑(in Spanish)Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información DistritalArchived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑"International Airport of Chinchero - Cusco (AICC) :: Proinversión". www.proyectosapp.pe. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  3. ↑escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Urubamba Province (Cusco Region)
  4. ↑inei.gob.peArchived 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)
  5. ↑"Weather Averages and Activities". World Weather Online. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  6. ↑Abby Franquemont, Respect the Spindle, spin infinite yarns with one amazing tool, Interweave (2009) ISBN 9781596681552
  • (in Spanish)Official municipal website