Checca District

Checca District is the largest of eight districts in the Canas Province in Peru. Its seat is Checca.

Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Anta Qalla at approximately 4600 m. Other mountains are listed below:

• Ararankha

• Iruni

• Kiska Muqu

• Marka Marka

• Saywa

• Suntur Uta

• Sura Tira

• Tuqtu

• Urqu K'uchu

• Wanqarani

• Yuraq Q'asa

Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (98.68%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.10% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).