Pacaycasa District

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Pacaycasa
District
Pacaycasa District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Huamanga
FoundedJune 26, 1956
Capital Pacaycasa
Government
 •  Mayor Paulino Amao Nuñez
Area
 • Total
41.8 km2 (16.1 sq mi)
Elevation
2,535 m (8,317 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,705
 • Density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050107

Pacaycasa District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga 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 (60.68%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.05% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

Climate

Climate data for Wayllapampa, Pacaycasa, (elevation 2,470 m (8,100 ft), (1991–2020)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)25.6
(78.1)		24.9
(76.8)		25.0
(77.0)		25.7
(78.3)		26.2
(79.2)		25.8
(78.4)		25.3
(77.5)		26.2
(79.2)		26.7
(80.1)		27.3
(81.1)		28.2
(82.8)		26.1
(79.0)		26.1
(79.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)11.3
(52.3)		11.6
(52.9)		11.3
(52.3)		8.4
(47.1)		5.1
(41.2)		3.0
(37.4)		2.4
(36.3)		4.0
(39.2)		7.2
(45.0)		8.8
(47.8)		9.5
(49.1)		10.7
(51.3)		7.8
(46.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)101.8
(4.01)		108.8
(4.28)		87.3
(3.44)		28.4
(1.12)		14.5
(0.57)		3.6
(0.14)		7.9
(0.31)		8.9
(0.35)		20.2
(0.80)		30.1
(1.19)		43.3
(1.70)		79.5
(3.13)		534.3
(21.04)
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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