Acobamba District, Acobamba

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Acobamba
Aqupampa
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Acobamba
FoundedJanuary 15, 1943
Capital Acobamba
Subdivisions 25 populated centers
Government
 •  Mayor Rolando Vargas Mendoza
Area
 • Total123.02 km2 (47.50 sq mi)
Elevation
2,940 m (9,650 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total8,980
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090201
Website acobamba.hca.mp.gob.pe

The Acobamba District is one of the eight districts in the Acobamba Province in Peru. It was created by Law No. 9718 on January 15, 1943. [1] Its capital is Acobamba. [2]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.07%) learnt to speak in childhood, 37.64% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

Climate

Climate data for Acobamba (elevation 3,399 m (11,152 ft), 1991–2020 normals)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Average high °C (°F)18.4
(65.1)		18.1
(64.6)		18.1
(64.6)		18.6
(65.5)		19.1
(66.4)		18.7
(65.7)		18.6
(65.5)		19.2
(66.6)		19.5
(67.1)		20.2
(68.4)		20.8
(69.4)		19.4
(66.9)		19.1
(66.3)
Average low °C (°F)7.0
(44.6)		7.1
(44.8)		7.0
(44.6)		6.3
(43.3)		4.7
(40.5)		3.4
(38.1)		2.7
(36.9)		3.6
(38.5)		5.1
(41.2)		6.1
(43.0)		6.5
(43.7)		6.8
(44.2)		5.5
(41.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)120.1
(4.73)		127.2
(5.01)		94.5
(3.72)		39.2
(1.54)		19.4
(0.76)		8.1
(0.32)		10.2
(0.40)		17.0
(0.67)		22.9
(0.90)		51.4
(2.02)		48.6
(1.91)		101.9
(4.01)		660.5
(25.99)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Alberto Tauro del Pino, Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú, vol. I, p. 43.
  2. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ "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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