Ahuaycha District
Ahuaycha
Awaycha | |
|---|---|
 Landscape of Ahuaycha | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Huancavelica |
| Province | Tayacaja |
| Founded | December 14, 1954 |
| Capital | Ahuaycha |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Raul Huaman Vasquez |
| Area | |
• Total | 90.96 km2 (35.12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,280 m (10,760 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,939 |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 090704 |
Ahuaycha District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja 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 (54.30%) learnt to speak in childhood, 45.43% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Pampas, Ahuaycha, elevation 3,250 m (10,660 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.9 (64.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
5.8 (42.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
0.5 (32.9) |
2.8 (37.0) |
4.0 (39.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
3.2 (37.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 91.1 (3.59) |
95.5 (3.76) |
84.5 (3.33) |
34.4 (1.35) |
15.4 (0.61) |
8.1 (0.32) |
13.9 (0.55) |
15.1 (0.59) |
26.5 (1.04) |
39.4 (1.55) |
44.2 (1.74) |
79.2 (3.12) |
547.3 (21.55) |
| 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 April 23, 2008, 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.
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| Acobamba | |
| Angaraes | |
| Castrovirreyna | |
| Churcampa | |
| Huancavelica | |
| Huaytará | |
| Tayacaja | |
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