Lampa District, Lampa

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Lampa
District
Lampa 2.jpg
Inmaculada Concepción church in Lampa
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province Lampa
Capital Lampa
Government
 •  Mayor Ciriaco Isidro Diaz Arestegui
Area
 • Total675.82 km2 (260.94 sq mi)
Elevation
3,892 m (12,769 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total11,206
 • Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 210701

Lampa District is one of ten districts of the province Lampa 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 (74.17%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.32% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

Climate

Climate data for Lampa (elevation 3,866 m (12,684 ft), 1991–2020 normals)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Average high °C (°F)16.4
(61.5)		16.2
(61.2)		16.2
(61.2)		16.5
(61.7)		16.5
(61.7)		15.9
(60.6)		16.0
(60.8)		16.8
(62.2)		17.7
(63.9)		18.1
(64.6)		18.8
(65.8)		17.8
(64.0)		16.9
(62.4)
Average low °C (°F)4.2
(39.6)		4.3
(39.7)		3.8
(38.8)		1.5
(34.7)		−3.0
(26.6)		−5.6
(21.9)		−5.9
(21.4)		−4.5
(23.9)		−1.8
(28.8)		0.4
(32.7)		1.1
(34.0)		3.1
(37.6)		−0.2
(31.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)142.9
(5.63)		140.8
(5.54)		107.1
(4.22)		48.2
(1.90)		6.2
(0.24)		3.7
(0.15)		3.6
(0.14)		8.3
(0.33)		19.8
(0.78)		52.5
(2.07)		55.0
(2.17)		121.3
(4.78)		709.4
(27.95)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [3]

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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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