Paucarbamba District

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Paucarbamba
Pawqarpampa
District
Paucarbamba District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Churcampa
Capital Paucarbamba
Government
 •  Mayor Wilder Cordova Ramos
Area
 • Total
101.41 km2 (39.15 sq mi)
Elevation
3,370 m (11,060 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
5,947
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090507

Paucarbamba District is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa 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 (83.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

Climate

Climate data for Paucarbamba, elevation 3,380 m (11,090 ft), (1991–2020)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)15.9
(60.6)		15.5
(59.9)		15.6
(60.1)		16.5
(61.7)		17.2
(63.0)		16.9
(62.4)		16.7
(62.1)		17.1
(62.8)		17.2
(63.0)		17.3
(63.1)		17.8
(64.0)		16.4
(61.5)		16.7
(62.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)7.6
(45.7)		7.7
(45.9)		7.7
(45.9)		7.3
(45.1)		6.4
(43.5)		5.3
(41.5)		4.5
(40.1)		4.8
(40.6)		6.1
(43.0)		6.9
(44.4)		7.4
(45.3)		7.5
(45.5)		6.6
(43.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)166.6
(6.56)		183.7
(7.23)		172.3
(6.78)		72.5
(2.85)		30.2
(1.19)		14.0
(0.55)		20.8
(0.82)		25.7
(1.01)		43.8
(1.72)		79.7
(3.14)		78.6
(3.09)		138.0
(5.43)		1,025.9
(40.37)
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 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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