Chinchero District

Chinchero
Chinchiru
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
RegionCusco
ProvinceUrubamba
FoundedSeptember 9, 1905
CapitalChinchero
Government
 • MayorLuis Hector Cusicuna Quispe
Area
 • Total94.57 km2 (36.51 sq mi)
Elevation
3,762 m (12,343 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total10,477
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO081302
Websitemunichinchero.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]

  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. ^ "International Airport of Chinchero - Cusco (AICC) :: Proinversión". www.proyectosapp.pe. Retrieved 19 April 2017.