Lircay District

Lircay
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Angaraes
Capital	Lircay
Government
•  Mayor	Raul Victor Anyaipoma Bendezu
Area
• Total	818.84 km2 (316.16 sq mi)
Elevation	3,278 m (10,755 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	24,551
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090301

Lircay District is one of twelve districts of the Angaraes Province in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Yana Chuku at 5,058 m (16,594 ft). Other mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Aqu Arma
• Aya Pata Punta
• Chawpi Urqu
• Chimpa Urqu
• Chupa
• Chuqi
• Hapu Punta
• Hatun Rit'i
• Inkill Qaqa
• Iskay Siwi
• Iskayqucha
• Kuntur Wachana
• K'allapa Q'asa
• Misaqucha
• Machu Qaqa
• Parya
• Puka Q'asa
• Phutunqu
• Qiwllaqucha
• Qucha Q'asa
• Rayusqa
• Rit'i Parata
• Tampu Wayq'u
• Tawri Pachana
• Tiklla Urqu
• Titi Q'asa
• Tuqtu
• T'asta Pampa
• T'asta Q'asa
• T'uqu Pukyu
• Uqi Qullqa
• Urqu Wasi
• Wachulla
• Walla Q'asa
• Wayra Q'asa
• Wayta
• Willka Punta
• Wisk'achaniyuq
• Wiqu Sallana
• Yana Mach'ay
• Yana Rumi
• Yana Urqu
• Yana Ututu
• Yawrilla
• Yuraq Mach'ay

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (70.32%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.48% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

Climate

Climate data for Lircay, elevation 3,303 m (10,837 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	19.3 (66.7)	18.8 (65.8)	19.0 (66.2)	20.0 (68.0)	20.7 (69.3)	20.4 (68.7)	20.3 (68.5)	20.7 (69.3)	21.0 (69.8)	21.0 (69.8)	21.7 (71.1)	20.1 (68.2)	20.2 (68.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	6.8 (44.2)	7.1 (44.8)	7.0 (44.6)	5.6 (42.1)	3.3 (37.9)	1.9 (35.4)	1.3 (34.3)	2.3 (36.1)	4.1 (39.4)	5.3 (41.5)	5.4 (41.7)	6.3 (43.3)	4.7 (40.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	142.7 (5.62)	147.3 (5.80)	114.4 (4.50)	54.1 (2.13)	24.8 (0.98)	10.7 (0.42)	14.9 (0.59)	16.4 (0.65)	29.4 (1.16)	51.7 (2.04)	53.2 (2.09)	103.4 (4.07)	763 (30.05)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [4]

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Angaraes Province (Huancavelica Region)
3. 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)
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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