Chinchihuasi District

Chinchihuasi
Chinchi Wasi
Chinchihuasi
Chinchihuasi
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceChurcampa
FoundedJanuary 11, 1962
CapitalChinchihuasi
Government
 • MayorMiguel Abregu Torre
Area
 • Total171.68 km2 (66.29 sq mi)
Elevation
2,800 m (9,200 ft)
Population
 • Total3,935
 • Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090503

Chinchihuasi or Chinchi Wasi (Quechua chinchi a kind of chili pepper, wasi house,[1] "chili pepper house") is one of ten districts of the Churcampa Province in Peru.[2]

  1. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.