Official Name: | Chiquián |
Native Name: | Chiqllan |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Ancash |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Bolognesi |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Chiquián |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Gudberto Carrera Padilla |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Total: | 3641 |
Chiquián (Quechua Chiqllan) is a town in central Peru. It is the capital of the Bolognesi Province in the Ancash Region. Its nickname is "the mirror of the sky" [''el espejito del cielo'' in Spanish].