Chavín de Huántar District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province in Peru.

[1] The Cordillera Blanca traverses the western part of the district.

Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below:[2] The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.

Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (82.85%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.71% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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