Curahuasi District

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Curahuasi
Qura Wasi
District
Orange Bridge in Peru.jpg
Bridge across the Apurímac River on the border of the regions Cusco and Apurímac between the districts Curahuasi and Mollepata
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Abancay
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
Capital Curahuasi
Government
 •  Mayor Danilo Valenza Calvo
Area
 • Total817.98 km2 (315.82 sq mi)
Elevation
2,688 m (8,819 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total18,556
 • Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030104

Curahuasi District is one of the nine districts of the Abancay Province in Peru. [1]

Contents

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Q'illu Q'asa at approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent, although with a sizable percentage of mestizo and castizo population located mainly in the urban center.

Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (73.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.86% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

Climate

Climate data for Curahuasi (elevation 2,741 m (8,993 ft), 1991–2020 normals)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Average high °C (°F)21.9
(71.4)		21.3
(70.3)		21.3
(70.3)		22.2
(72.0)		22.7
(72.9)		22.3
(72.1)		22.0
(71.6)		22.9
(73.2)		23.5
(74.3)		23.8
(74.8)		24.3
(75.7)		22.6
(72.7)		22.6
(72.6)
Average low °C (°F)11.0
(51.8)		11.0
(51.8)		11.2
(52.2)		10.3
(50.5)		8.8
(47.8)		7.5
(45.5)		7.0
(44.6)		7.6
(45.7)		8.9
(48.0)		9.9
(49.8)		10.3
(50.5)		10.7
(51.3)		9.5
(49.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)134.2
(5.28)		132.3
(5.21)		105.5
(4.15)		38.5
(1.52)		6.4
(0.25)		2.0
(0.08)		4.4
(0.17)		10.3
(0.41)		11.7
(0.46)		53.6
(2.11)		80.6
(3.17)		124.3
(4.89)		703.8
(27.7)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [4]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  2. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Abancay Province (Apurimac Region)
  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.

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