Colcabamba District, Tayacaja

Colcabamba Qullqa Pampa
District
Campo Armiño, Colcabamba District
Coat of arms
Location of Colcabamba in the Tayacaja province
Coordinates: 12°24.5′S74°40.6′W / 12.4083°S 74.6767°W / -12.4083; -74.6767
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Tayacaja
Capital	Colcabamba
Government
•  Mayor	Augusto Maravi Romani
Area
• Total	598.12 km2 (230.94 sq mi)
Elevation	2,979 m (9,774 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	21,593
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090705

Colcabamba (from Quechua: Qullqa Pampa, meaning "deposit plain") is one of sixteen districts of the Tayacaja Province in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Atuq Punta at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Arpayuq
• Ch'uñuna Mach'ay
• Kimsa Chumpi
• Minas Qucha
• Pakay Raqra
• Panti
• Parya Qaqa
• Pawkaray
• Qillwa Qucha
• Q'illu Qucha
• Tayanku
• Wanu Pata
• Waylla
• Wiska

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (76.32%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.21% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

Climate

Climate data for Colcabamba, elevation 3,019 m (9,905 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	18.1 (64.6)	17.6 (63.7)	17.7 (63.9)	18.4 (65.1)	19.0 (66.2)	18.8 (65.8)	18.6 (65.5)	19.5 (67.1)	19.4 (66.9)	19.8 (67.6)	20.3 (68.5)	18.2 (64.8)	18.8 (65.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	9.2 (48.6)	9.4 (48.9)	9.3 (48.7)	8.6 (47.5)	7.8 (46.0)	7.0 (44.6)	6.3 (43.3)	7.0 (44.6)	8.2 (46.8)	8.7 (47.7)	9.3 (48.7)	9.3 (48.7)	8.3 (47.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	174.7 (6.88)	170.5 (6.71)	152.5 (6.00)	57.4 (2.26)	22.7 (0.89)	14.6 (0.57)	13.4 (0.53)	16.4 (0.65)	34.6 (1.36)	72.0 (2.83)	65.5 (2.58)	125.4 (4.94)	919.7 (36.2)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [4]

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Tayacaja Province (Apurímac Region) 2017
3. 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)
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.