Ahuaycha District

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Ahuaycha
Awaycha
District
Paisaje-Ahuaycha.jpg
Landscape of Ahuaycha
Ahuaycha District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Tayacaja
FoundedDecember 14, 1954
Capital Ahuaycha
Government
 •  Mayor Raul Huaman Vasquez
Area
 • Total
90.96 km2 (35.12 sq mi)
Elevation
3,280 m (10,760 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
5,939
 • Density65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090704

Ahuaycha District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru. [1]

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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 (54.30%) learnt to speak in childhood, 45.43% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

Climate

Climate data for Pampas, Ahuaycha, elevation 3,250 m (10,660 ft), (1991–2020)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)17.6
(63.7)		17.3
(63.1)		17.3
(63.1)		17.9
(64.2)		18.1
(64.6)		17.8
(64.0)		17.5
(63.5)		17.9
(64.2)		18.0
(64.4)		18.6
(65.5)		19.0
(66.2)		18.1
(64.6)		17.9
(64.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)5.8
(42.4)		6.4
(43.5)		5.8
(42.4)		3.7
(38.7)		1.4
(34.5)		−0.3
(31.5)		−0.8
(30.6)		0.5
(32.9)		2.8
(37.0)		4.0
(39.2)		4.3
(39.7)		5.3
(41.5)		3.2
(37.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)91.1
(3.59)		95.5
(3.76)		84.5
(3.33)		34.4
(1.35)		15.4
(0.61)		8.1
(0.32)		13.9
(0.55)		15.1
(0.59)		26.5
(1.04)		39.4
(1.55)		44.2
(1.74)		79.2
(3.12)		547.3
(21.55)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ "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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