Checacupe or Ch'iqa Kupi ( Aymara ''ch'iqa'' left, ''kupi'' right, "left right") is one of eight

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of the

Canchis Province Canchis Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Geography The Willkanuta River or Willkamayu is one of the largest rivers of the province. Siwinaqucha, the biggest lake of the province, is a ...

in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de ...

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Geography

The Willkanuta mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below: The most important rivers of the district are the Willkanuta River and

Ch'illkamayu Chillcamayu (possibly from Quechua ''ch'illka'' '' baccharis'', ''mayu'' river, "baccharis river") which upstream is called Jampamayo and downstream Pitumarca is a river in Peru located in the Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Q ...

, one of its right tributaries.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of

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descent.

is the language which the majority of the population (82.89%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.09% of the residents started speaking using the

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language (

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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

References

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