Cachimayo District

Cachimayo District is one of nine districts of the province Anta in Peru.[1]

Cachimayo
Kachimayu
District
Cusco as seen from the Cachimayo District north of the town (near Chaypa and the mountain Sirk'a)
Country Peru
RegionCusco
ProvinceAnta
FoundedMay 15, 1970
CapitalCachimayo
Government
 • MayorCirilo Quispe La Torre
Area
 • Total43.28 km2 (16.71 sq mi)
Elevation
3,442 m (11,293 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,920
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO080303

The district is named after the Kachimayu (Quechua for "salt river") which crosses the district from west to east.[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 (50.34%) learnt to speak in childhood, 49.41% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

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See also

References
  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Anta Province (Cusco Region) (unnamed, south of the town Cachimayo)
  3. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

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