Chinchero District

Chinchero

Chinchiru
Chinchero Chinchiru
District
	From top, clockwise:; Plaza Chinchero, rural terraces, Templo Nuestra Señora de la Natividad, overview of the town
	Coordinates: 13°23′28″S 72°2′52″W / 13.39111°S 72.04778°W
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]

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).

Climate data for Chincheros, Peru (1981–2010)
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]

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]

References

^ (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