Sibayo District
Sibayo | |
|---|---|
 The main plaza of Sibayo | |
  Sibayo Location of Sibayo in the Caylloma province | |
| Coordinates: 15°29′12.1″S 71°27′25.7″W / 15.486694°S 71.457139°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Arequipa |
| Province | Caylloma |
| Founded | January 25, 1943 |
| Capital | Sibayo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Raul Meliton Mamani Picha |
| Area | |
| • Total | 286.03 km2 (110.44 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,810 m (12,500 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,493 |
| • Density | 5.2/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 040515 |
Sibayo District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma in Peru.[1] It is adjacent to Callalli and crossed by the Colca River on one side.
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 (55.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.41% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
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The village of Sibayo as seen from above -
Sibayo's suspended pedestrian bridge -
The main plaza in Sibayo as seen from above -
The entrance to Sibayo in the Colca Canyon -
Sibayo's ruins next to the Colca river.
Climate[edit]
| Climate data for Sibayo, elevation 3,816 m (12,520 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) | 18.1 (64.6) | 17.7 (63.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 18.2 (64.8) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 16.9 (62.4) | 18.1 (64.6) | 19.0 (66.2) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.8 (69.4) | 19.7 (67.5) | 18.5 (65.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) | 3.8 (38.8) | 3.4 (38.1) | 0.9 (33.6) | −4.0 (24.8) | −6.7 (19.9) | −6.9 (19.6) | −5.7 (21.7) | −3.4 (25.9) | −1.4 (29.5) | −0.5 (31.1) | 1.9 (35.4) | −1.2 (29.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 156.0 (6.14) | 156.5 (6.16) | 106.9 (4.21) | 37.5 (1.48) | 4.5 (0.18) | 3.2 (0.13) | 5.5 (0.22) | 5.9 (0.23) | 9.9 (0.39) | 17.0 (0.67) | 21.2 (0.83) | 80.1 (3.15) | 604.2 (23.79) |
| 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 27 June 2024.
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15°29′35″S 71°44′46″W / 15.4931°S 71.7462°W
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