Luricocha District

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Luricocha
Luriqucha
District
Luricocha District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Huanta
Capital Luricocha
Government
 •  Mayor Americo Paulino Ludeña Tello
Area
 • Total
130.04 km2 (50.21 sq mi)
Elevation
2,580 m (8,460 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
5,782
 • Density44/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050405

Luricocha District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta in Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. The majority of the population (65.24%) are native Quechua speakers, while 34.44% of the resident's native language is Spanish according to the 2007 Peru Census. [2]

Climate

Climate data for Huanta, Luricocha, elevation 2,485 m (8,153 ft), (1991–2020)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)26.2
(79.2)		25.9
(78.6)		26.0
(78.8)		26.4
(79.5)		26.9
(80.4)		26.3
(79.3)		26.5
(79.7)		27.1
(80.8)		27.4
(81.3)		27.7
(81.9)		28.7
(83.7)		26.8
(80.2)		26.8
(80.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)11.6
(52.9)		11.6
(52.9)		11.1
(52.0)		10.7
(51.3)		9.9
(49.8)		9.3
(48.7)		8.3
(46.9)		9.4
(48.9)		11.0
(51.8)		11.9
(53.4)		12.3
(54.1)		11.7
(53.1)		10.7
(51.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)108.4
(4.27)		88.2
(3.47)		47.9
(1.89)		23.3
(0.92)		7.2
(0.28)		1.9
(0.07)		3.6
(0.14)		8.4
(0.33)		8.4
(0.33)		27.5
(1.08)		39.0
(1.54)		88.4
(3.48)		452.2
(17.8)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [3]

See also

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 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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