Santiago de Pischa District
Santiago de Pischa | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Ayacucho |
Province | Huamanga |
Capital | San Pedro de Cachi |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pelayo Santiago Pareja |
Area | |
• Total | 114.94 km2 (44.38 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,188 m (10,459 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,643 |
• Density | 14/km2 (37/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 050111 |
Santiago de Pischa 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 (76.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.16% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
[edit]Climate data for San Pedro de Cachi, Santiago de Pischa, elevation 3,247 m (10,653 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) | 20.6 (69.1) | 19.9 (67.8) | 19.9 (67.8) | 21.0 (69.8) | 21.7 (71.1) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 22.0 (71.6) | 22.0 (71.6) | 22.5 (72.5) | 23.1 (73.6) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.4 (70.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 9.2 (48.6) | 8.2 (46.8) | 6.8 (44.2) | 5.9 (42.6) | 5.5 (41.9) | 6.2 (43.2) | 7.8 (46.0) | 8.7 (47.7) | 9.0 (48.2) | 9.2 (48.6) | 7.9 (46.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 139.6 (5.50) | 137.5 (5.41) | 105.3 (4.15) | 42.2 (1.66) | 17.8 (0.70) | 4.9 (0.19) | 11.0 (0.43) | 11.1 (0.44) | 18.6 (0.73) | 40.0 (1.57) | 45.4 (1.79) | 109.4 (4.31) | 682.8 (26.88) |
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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