Chinchero District (original) (raw)
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District in Cusco, Peru
| Chinchero Chinchiru | |
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| District | |
    From top, clockwise:Plaza Chinchero, rural terraces, Templo Nuestra Señora de la Natividad, overview of the town |
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| Coordinates: 13°23′28″S 72°2′52″W / 13.39111°S 72.04778°W / -13.39111; -72.04778 | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Province | Urubamba |
| Founded | September 9, 1905 |
| Capital | Chinchero |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luis Hector Cusicuna Quispe |
| Area | |
| • Total | 94.57 km2 (36.51 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,762 m (12,343 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 10,477 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 081302 |
| Website | munichinchero.gob.pe |
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]
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
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]
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).
| Climate data for Chincheros, Peru (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16(61) | 16(61) | 16(61) | 17(63) | 16(61) | 16(61) | 16(61) | 16(61) | 17(63) | 18(64) | 17(63) | 17(63) | 16.5(61.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4(39) | 3(37) | 3(37) | 1(34) | −2(28) | −4(25) | −6(21) | −4(25) | −1(30) | 1(34) | 2(36) | 3(37) | 0(32) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 117(4.6) | 81(3.2) | 72(2.8) | 36(1.4) | 3(0.1) | 3(0.1) | 0(0) | 9(0.4) | 12(0.5) | 24(0.9) | 45(1.8) | 51(2.0) | 453(17.8) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 81 |
| Source: WW[5] |
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]
- Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco, CTTC)
- Lliklla
- Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez
- List of archaeological sites in Peru
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ "International Airport of Chinchero - Cusco (AICC) :: Proinversión". www.proyectosapp.pe. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Urubamba 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)
- ^ "Weather Averages and Activities". World Weather Online. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ Abby Franquemont, Respect the Spindle, spin infinite yarns with one amazing tool, Interweave (2009) ISBN 9781596681552
- (in Spanish) Official municipal website