| Chinchero | |
| Native Name: | Chinchiru |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Mapsize: | frameless |
| Coordinates: | -13.3911°N -72.0478°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Peru |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Cusco |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Urubamba |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | September 9, 1905 |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Chinchero |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Luis Hector Cusicuna Quispe |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 94.57 |
| Elevation M: | 3762 |
| Population Total: | 10477 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | PET |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 081302 |
| Website: | munichinchero.gob.pe |
Chinchero District is one of seven districts of the Urubamba Province in Peru.[1] The town of Chinchero is the capital of the district. It is the location for the proposed Chinchero International Airport, which would serve travelers to the Cusco Region.[2]
One of the highest peaks of the district is Hatun Luychu at approximately 4400m (14,400feet). Other mountains are listed below:[3]
The people that live in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.49%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.95% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[4]
Chinchero has a dry-winter subpolar oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwc), that borders very closely on both a tundra climate (Köppen climate classification: ET), and a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk).
The anthropologists Ed and Chris Franquemont lived among the Chinchero people during the 1970s, studying traditional textile production techniques. Their daughter Abby Franquemont, having spent her childhood within a spinning culture, later became a revivalist of hand spinning with the spindle.[5]