Ilave District

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Ilave
District
Ilave District
Coordinates: 16°6′10″S69°36′22″W / 16.10278°S 69.60611°W / -16.10278; -69.60611
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province El Collao
Capital Ilave
Government
 •  Mayor Mario Huanca Flores
Area
 • Total
874.57 km2 (337.67 sq mi)
Elevation
3,847 m (12,621 ft)
Population
 (2007 census)
 • Total
54,138
 • Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 210501

Ilave District is one of five districts of the province El Collao in Puno Region, Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (73.26%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.76% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

Climate

Climate data for Ilave, elevation 3,874 m (12,710 ft), (1991–2020)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)15.0
(59.0)		15.1
(59.2)		15.1
(59.2)		15.3
(59.5)		15.0
(59.0)		14.2
(57.6)		14.1
(57.4)		14.8
(58.6)		15.5
(59.9)		16.4
(61.5)		17.0
(62.6)		16.4
(61.5)		15.3
(59.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)4.9
(40.8)		5.1
(41.2)		4.6
(40.3)		2.6
(36.7)		−0.6
(30.9)		−2.6
(27.3)		−3.0
(26.6)		−1.7
(28.9)		0.4
(32.7)		2.3
(36.1)		3.4
(38.1)		4.5
(40.1)		1.7
(35.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)164.6
(6.48)		136.4
(5.37)		110.3
(4.34)		41.3
(1.63)		10.1
(0.40)		4.8
(0.19)		7.2
(0.28)		12.6
(0.50)		22.6
(0.89)		36.3
(1.43)		39.4
(1.55)		95.8
(3.77)		681.4
(26.83)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [3]

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 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 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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