Paucarbamba District
Paucarbamba
Pawqarpampa | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Huancavelica |
| Province | Churcampa |
| Capital | Paucarbamba |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wilder Cordova Ramos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 101.41 km2 (39.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,370 m (11,060 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,947 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 090507 |
Paucarbamba District is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa 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 (83.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Paucarbamba, elevation 3,380 m (11,090 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) | 15.9 (60.6) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.7 (62.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
7.7 (45.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
7.3 (45.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
4.5 (40.1) |
4.8 (40.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
6.9 (44.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
7.5 (45.5) |
6.6 (43.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 166.6 (6.56) |
183.7 (7.23) |
172.3 (6.78) |
72.5 (2.85) |
30.2 (1.19) |
14.0 (0.55) |
20.8 (0.82) |
25.7 (1.01) |
43.8 (1.72) |
79.7 (3.14) |
78.6 (3.09) |
138.0 (5.43) |
1,025.9 (40.37) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
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.
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| Angaraes | |
| Castrovirreyna | |
| Churcampa | |
| Huancavelica | |
| Huaytará | |
| Tayacaja | |
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