Capachica District

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Capachica
Qapachiqa
District
Capachica.jpg
Capachica peninsula
Capachica District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province Puno
Capital Capachica
Government
 •  Mayor Ascencion Laquise Humpire
Area
 • Total
117.06 km2 (45.20 sq mi)
Elevation
3,860 m (12,660 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
10,320
 • Density88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 210105

Capachica District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in Peru. [1] Its seat is Capachica.

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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 (87.17%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language according to a 2007 Peru Census. [2]

Climate

Climate data for Capachica, elevation 3,822 m (12,539 ft), (1991–2020)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)14.6
(58.3)		14.5
(58.1)		14.7
(58.5)		14.9
(58.8)		14.7
(58.5)		14.1
(57.4)		14.0
(57.2)		14.6
(58.3)		15.3
(59.5)		15.8
(60.4)		16.2
(61.2)		15.6
(60.1)		14.9
(58.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)5.0
(41.0)		5.0
(41.0)		4.5
(40.1)		2.6
(36.7)		−1.0
(30.2)		−3.2
(26.2)		−3.3
(26.1)		−2.1
(28.2)		0.3
(32.5)		2.3
(36.1)		3.2
(37.8)		4.2
(39.6)		1.5
(34.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)170.6
(6.72)		162.7
(6.41)		134.0
(5.28)		47.1
(1.85)		6.6
(0.26)		3.5
(0.14)		4.5
(0.18)		12.5
(0.49)		25.9
(1.02)		44.5
(1.75)		47.9
(1.89)		105.1
(4.14)		764.9
(30.13)
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 January 27, 2013, 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 Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

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