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

Chacoche District is one of the nine districts of the Abancay Province in Peru.

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:

• 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).

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)

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