Chacas District

Chacas is a district of the province Asunción in the Ancash Region of Peru. Its seat is Chacas.

Geography

The Cordillera Blanca traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are Wallqan and Yanarahu. Other mountains are listed below:

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (72.01%) learnt to speak in childhood, 26.42% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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References

Coordinates: 8°52′59″S 78°10′01″W / 8.88306°S 78.16694°W / -8.88306; -78.16694

Chacas

San Martin de Chacas is a Peruvian city, capital of the eponymous district and the Asunción Province, located in the east-central region of Ancash. It has an urban population of 2,082 located at 3,359 meters; and a district of 5,334 people. The district, located in the sub-basin of the Marañon River, has an area of 447.69 km², which represents 85% of the province.

Chacas was founded in the 1570s, but it is known that the territory now covered by the province to which it belongs, together with the provinces of Huari and Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald, are the most remote evidence of human presence in the Eastern Sierra Ancash, represented by the findings of caves and rock shelters prior to the Chavin culture. The ethnic group that was present in this place after the fall of the Chavin culture was the lordship of Huari.

The city is characterized for having remained unchanged over the original Andean-Andalusian architecture, with narrow streets, houses adorned with double water carved balconies and gates, made by craftsmen Don Bosco, whom the Father Ugo de Censi, Operation Mato Grosso (with Chacas as a hub) and Italian residents for thirty years, took charge of rebuilding the Shrine Mama Ashu and restoration of the baroque altarpiece dating from the 17th century, are now developing artwork for export to Europe, and the U.S., in addition to the unique stained glass factory in South America, having played a vital role in the development of the city.

Chacas (disambiguation)

Chacas can refer to a city and a district in Peru.

For the use of the term in a specific setting, see: