Pisac P'isaq | |
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Pisac | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Cusco |
Province | Calca |
Capital | Pisac |
Government | |
• Mayor | Gavino Yucra Tunqui |
Area | |
• Total | 148.25 km2 (57.24 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,972 m (9,751 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 9,239 |
• Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 080405 |
Pisac District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru. [1]
Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below: [2]
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (72.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.15% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]
Climate data for Pisac, elevation 2,990 m (9,810 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.5 (70.7) | 22.0 (71.6) | 22.7 (72.9) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.7 (74.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.9 (73.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) | 10.0 (50.0) | 9.7 (49.5) | 8.2 (46.8) | 6.1 (43.0) | 4.6 (40.3) | 4.2 (39.6) | 5.3 (41.5) | 7.5 (45.5) | 9.2 (48.6) | 9.8 (49.6) | 10.0 (50.0) | 7.9 (46.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 119.1 (4.69) | 99.8 (3.93) | 83.2 (3.28) | 26.4 (1.04) | 7.0 (0.28) | 4.6 (0.18) | 5.6 (0.22) | 6.3 (0.25) | 11.2 (0.44) | 39.7 (1.56) | 56.7 (2.23) | 99.3 (3.91) | 558.9 (22.01) |
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [4] |
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