Chalhuanca
Sign in to saveChalhuanca is a Peruvian city, the capital of the district of the same name and the province of Aymaraes, located in the department of Apurímac. It has a population of 27,857 inhabitants, mostly engaged in agricultural and mining activities.
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- Locality
- Chalhuanca
- Region
- Apurímac
- Country
- Perú
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- America/Lima
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Chalhuanca
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.native_name
- Challwanka
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Chalhuanca.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Chalhuanca, situated on the Chalhuanca River
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Peru
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Apurímac Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Aymaraes Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Chalhuanca District
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Sebastian Gonzalo Carbajal Zegarra
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 2888
- Settlement.population_total
- 27857
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Chalhuanca is a Peruvian city, the capital of the district of the same name and the province of Aymaraes, located in the department of Apurímac. It has a population of 27,857 inhabitants, mostly engaged in agricultural and mining activities.
== Etymology == There is speculation about the origin of the name. It is agreed that part of the toponym can be broken down into the Quechua word "challwa" meaning 'fish'. Cerrón Palomino proposes the hypothesis that the name can be decomposed into "challwa" and the Quechua suffix "-nqa," meaning 'fishing place.' This suffix would have been a deverbal and denominal derivational suffix functioning as a future participle. With toponyms, it would have been used with the meaning of 'place prone to (something)' or 'place intended for (something),' maintaining the nuance of the future participle. Thus, it results in the given meaning of 'place for fishing.'
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chalhuanca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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