Quinua District

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Quinua
Kinwa
District
Quinua District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Huamanga
Capital Quinua
Government
 •  Mayor Otilia Martha Chavez Gutierrez
Area
 • Total
145.63 km2 (56.23 sq mi)
Elevation
3,396 m (11,142 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
5,881
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050108

Quinua 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 (87.00%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.76% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

Climate

Climate data for La Quinua, elevation 3,215 m (10,548 ft), (1991–2020)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)18.6
(65.5)		18.1
(64.6)		17.8
(64.0)		18.4
(65.1)		18.7
(65.7)		18.1
(64.6)		17.8
(64.0)		18.7
(65.7)		19.2
(66.6)		19.6
(67.3)		20.6
(69.1)		19.0
(66.2)		18.7
(65.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)7.1
(44.8)		7.1
(44.8)		7.0
(44.6)		6.5
(43.7)		5.3
(41.5)		4.0
(39.2)		3.4
(38.1)		4.0
(39.2)		5.7
(42.3)		6.6
(43.9)		6.8
(44.2)		6.7
(44.1)		5.9
(42.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)129.3
(5.09)		149.3
(5.88)		123.2
(4.85)		41.7
(1.64)		20.5
(0.81)		5.8
(0.23)		12.5
(0.49)		12.9
(0.51)		34.5
(1.36)		50.7
(2.00)		62.7
(2.47)		112.7
(4.44)		755.8
(29.77)
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 April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, 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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