Umachiri District

Umachiri
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Melgar
Capital	Umachiri
Area
• Total	323.56 km2 (124.93 sq mi)
Elevation	3,904 m (12,808 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	4,592
• Density	14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210809

Umachiri District is one of nine districts of the province Melgar in Peru. ^[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language that the majority of the population (67.01%) learned to speak in childhood, while 32.55% of the residents started speaking Spanish (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

Climate

Climate data for Chuquibambilla (elevation 3,918 m (12,854 ft), 1991–2020 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	15.3 (59.5)	15.5 (59.9)	15.5 (59.9)	16.1 (61.0)	16.1 (61.0)	15.5 (59.9)	15.3 (59.5)	16.4 (61.5)	17.3 (63.1)	17.6 (63.7)	17.8 (64.0)	16.6 (61.9)	16.3 (61.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.8 (37.0)	3.2 (37.8)	2.6 (36.7)	0.3 (32.5)	−5.4 (22.3)	−8.9 (16.0)	−9.3 (15.3)	−7.4 (18.7)	−3.8 (25.2)	−1.3 (29.7)	−0.2 (31.6)	1.7 (35.1)	−2.1 (28.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	157.3 (6.19)	137.4 (5.41)	121.9 (4.80)	51.8 (2.04)	7.1 (0.28)	4.9 (0.19)	3.2 (0.13)	9.5 (0.37)	16.1 (0.63)	48.3 (1.90)	62.6 (2.46)	121.5 (4.78)	741.6 (29.18)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [3]

See also

• T'aqañawi

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 Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

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