Luricocha District
Luricocha Luriqucha | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Ayacucho |
Province | Huanta |
Capital | Luricocha |
Government | |
• Mayor | Americo Paulino Ludeña Tello |
Area | |
• Total | 130.04 km2 (50.21 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,580 m (8,460 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,782 |
• Density | 44/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 050405 |
Luricocha District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. The majority of the population (65.24%) learnt to speak Quechua in child. 34.44% of the residents' native language is Spanish (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Huanta, Luricocha, elevation 2,485 m (8,153 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) | 26.2 (79.2) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.0 (78.8) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.7 (83.7) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.8 (80.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.1 (52.0) | 10.7 (51.3) | 9.9 (49.8) | 9.3 (48.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | 9.4 (48.9) | 11.0 (51.8) | 11.9 (53.4) | 12.3 (54.1) | 11.7 (53.1) | 10.7 (51.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 108.4 (4.27) | 88.2 (3.47) | 47.9 (1.89) | 23.3 (0.92) | 7.2 (0.28) | 1.9 (0.07) | 3.6 (0.14) | 8.4 (0.33) | 8.4 (0.33) | 27.5 (1.08) | 39.0 (1.54) | 88.4 (3.48) | 452.2 (17.8) |
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.