The charango is a stringed instrument created in the region of the Andes situated between Peru, Bolivia and Chile, it has five pairs of strings and an acoustic wooden box, although traditionally it was made with the body of a "Quirquincho" which is a species of armadillo from the Altiplano (as shown in the photograph).
I attached an interpretation of the Chilean charango player called Freddy Torrealba who I think is the greatest exponent of the instrument in my country, mainly due to the use of a superior technique in service of the folk music tradition. The song is called "Camino a Potosi" (Road to Potosi)
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