Sibayo District

Sibayo
District
The main plaza of Sibayo
Sibayo Location of Sibayo in the Caylloma province
Coordinates: 15°29′12.1″S71°27′25.7″W / 15.486694°S 71.457139°W / -15.486694; -71.457139
Country	Peru
Region	Arequipa
Province	Caylloma
Founded	January 25, 1943
Capital	Sibayo
Government
•  Mayor	Raul Meliton Mamani Picha
Area
• Total	286.03 km2 (110.44 sq mi)
Elevation	3,810 m (12,500 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,493
• Density	5.2/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	040515

Sibayo District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma in Peru. ^[1] It is adjacent to Callalli and crossed by the Colca River on one side.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (55.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.41% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

• 
  The village of Sibayo as seen from above
• 
  Sibayo's suspended pedestrian bridge
• 
  The main plaza in Sibayo as seen from above
• 
  The entrance to Sibayo in the Colca Canyon
• 
  Sibayo's ruins next to the Colca river.

Climate

Climate data for Sibayo, elevation 3,816 m (12,520 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)	17.7 (63.9)	17.9 (64.2)	18.2 (64.8)	17.8 (64.0)	17.2 (63.0)	16.9 (62.4)	18.1 (64.6)	19.0 (66.2)	20.0 (68.0)	20.8 (69.4)	19.7 (67.5)	18.5 (65.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	3.6 (38.5)	3.8 (38.8)	3.4 (38.1)	0.9 (33.6)	−4.0 (24.8)	−6.7 (19.9)	−6.9 (19.6)	−5.7 (21.7)	−3.4 (25.9)	−1.4 (29.5)	−0.5 (31.1)	1.9 (35.4)	−1.2 (29.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	156.0 (6.14)	156.5 (6.16)	106.9 (4.21)	37.5 (1.48)	4.5 (0.18)	3.2 (0.13)	5.5 (0.22)	5.9 (0.23)	9.9 (0.39)	17.0 (0.67)	21.2 (0.83)	80.1 (3.15)	604.2 (23.79)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [3]

See also

• Callalli District
• Colca Canyon
• Hatun Chunkara
• Paraxra

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 27 June 2024.

15°29′35″S71°44′46″W / 15.4931°S 71.7462°W / -15.4931; -71.7462