Pacaycasa District
Pacaycasa | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Ayacucho |
Province | Huamanga |
Founded | June 26, 1956 |
Capital | Pacaycasa |
Government | |
• Mayor | Paulino Amao Nuñez |
Area | |
• Total | 41.8 km2 (16.1 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,535 m (8,317 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,705 |
• Density | 89/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 050107 |
Pacaycasa District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.68%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.05% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Wayllapampa, Pacaycasa, (elevation 2,470 m (8,100 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.6 (78.1) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.2 (79.2) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.3 (77.5) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 27.3 (81.1) | 28.2 (82.8) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.1 (79.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.3 (52.3) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.3 (52.3) | 8.4 (47.1) | 5.1 (41.2) | 3.0 (37.4) | 2.4 (36.3) | 4.0 (39.2) | 7.2 (45.0) | 8.8 (47.8) | 9.5 (49.1) | 10.7 (51.3) | 7.8 (46.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 101.8 (4.01) | 108.8 (4.28) | 87.3 (3.44) | 28.4 (1.12) | 14.5 (0.57) | 3.6 (0.14) | 7.9 (0.31) | 8.9 (0.35) | 20.2 (0.80) | 30.1 (1.19) | 43.3 (1.70) | 79.5 (3.13) | 534.3 (21.04) |
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
- ^ "Normales Climaticás Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.