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Chincheros

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Chincheros is a town in southern Peru, capital of the province of the same name in the Apurímac Region. As of the last Census in 2012, Chincheros has a total population of 51,583. The inhabitants are mainly indigenous citizen of Chanka descent, primarily speaking Quechuan languages.

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The entry is geolocated on the map in PE, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Chincheros, and connects out to Peru, time zone and geographic coordinate system.

It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in the Department of Apurímac.

Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality
Chincheros
Region
Apurímac
Country
Perú
Population
0
Timezone
America/Lima

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Chincheros
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
Peru
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Apurímac
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Chincheros
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Chincheros
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Franklin Palomino Malpartida
Settlement.elevation_m
3772
Settlement.timezone
PET
Settlement.utc_offset
-5

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Country
Peru
Population
1797
Elevation
2799
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different from
Chinchero
postal code
03851
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Climate
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Chincheros is a town in southern Peru, capital of the province of the same name in the Apurímac Region. As of the last Census in 2012, Chincheros has a total population of 51,583. The inhabitants are mainly indigenous citizen of Chanka descent, primarily speaking Quechuan languages.

==Geography== ===Climate=== Chincheros has an alpine climate (Köppen ETH) typical for the Peruvian altiplano, bordering upon a subtropical highland climate. Typically for the region, afternoons are pleasant year-round although with extremely intense solar radiation, whilst mornings are freezing, especially during the dry season from April to October.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chincheros” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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