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Chilca District, Cañete

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This article is about the Peruvian district in the province of Cañete. For other uses, see Chilca (disambiguation). District in Lima, Peru
Chilca Ch'illka
District
Country Peru
RegionLima
ProvinceCañete
CapitalChilca
Government
 • MayorAlfredo Rosas Chauca Navarro
Area
 • Total475.47 km (183.58 sq mi)
Elevation3 m (10 ft)
Population
 • Total21,573
 • Density45/km (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO150505

Chilca District is one of sixteen districts of the province Cañete in Peru. The archaeological site of Paloma is located in this district, on the northern edge of the Chilca River's valley.

References

  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. Quilter, Jeffrey (1989). Life and Death at Paloma: Society and Mortuary Practices in a Preceramic Peruvian Village. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. ISBN 0-87745-194-X. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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