Checacupe District

Checacupe or Ch'iqa Kupi is one of eight districts of the Canchis Province in the Cusco Region in Peru.

Geography

The Willkanuta [mountain range|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, one of its right tributaries.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous [peoples of the Americas|indigenous] citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population learnt to speak in childhood, 17.09% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language.