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.
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| Huamanga | |
| Huanca Sancos | |
| Huanta | |
| La Mar | |
| Lucanas | |
| Parinacochas | |
| Paucar del Sara Sara | |
| Sucre | |
| Víctor Fajardo | |
| Vilcas Huamán | |
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