Salcabamba District

Salcabamba Sallqa Pampa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Tayacaja
Capital	Salcabamba
Government
•  Mayor	Waldimar Perez Torres
Area
• Total	192.52 km2 (74.33 sq mi)
Elevation	3,037 m (9,964 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	5,415
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090714

Salcabamba (from Quechua Sallqa Pampa, meaning "wild plain") is one of sixteen districts of the Tayacaja Province in the Huancavelica Region) of Peru. ^[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Yana Urqu at approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Hatun Wayq'u
• Inka Rumi
• Layan Q'asa
• Lima Lima
• Llant'an Urqu
• Qutu Qutu
• Tiklla Q'asa
• Turi Urqu
• T'asta
• Usnu Pata
• Wamani Marka
• Wayta Pallana
• Yana Qucha

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (84.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.49% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

Climate

Climate data for Salcabamba, elevation 3,005 m (9,859 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	18.1 (64.6)	17.6 (63.7)	17.6 (63.7)	18.2 (64.8)	18.8 (65.8)	18.6 (65.5)	18.5 (65.3)	18.9 (66.0)	19.0 (66.2)	19.2 (66.6)	20.0 (68.0)	18.4 (65.1)	18.6 (65.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	9.5 (49.1)	9.5 (49.1)	9.4 (48.9)	8.9 (48.0)	8.2 (46.8)	7.4 (45.3)	6.9 (44.4)	7.3 (45.1)	8.3 (46.9)	9.0 (48.2)	9.4 (48.9)	9.6 (49.3)	8.6 (47.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	107.5 (4.23)	120.2 (4.73)	109.2 (4.30)	40.6 (1.60)	17.4 (0.69)	9.3 (0.37)	10.6 (0.42)	12.4 (0.49)	25.9 (1.02)	56.8 (2.24)	60.2 (2.37)	101.6 (4.00)	671.7 (26.46)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [4]

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Tayacaja Province (Apurímac Region)
3. 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)
4. "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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