Urubamba District

Urubamba Urupampa
District
Looking towards Pumawank'a Q'asa
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Urubamba
Capital	Urubamba
Government
•  Mayor	Luis Valcarcel Villegas
Area
• Total	128.28 km2 (49.53 sq mi)
Elevation	2,871 m (9,419 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	20,082
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	081301

Urubamba District is one of seven districts of the Urubamba province in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

The Urupampa mountain range traverses the district. One of highest peaks of the district is Ch'iqun at 5,530 m (18,143 ft). Other mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Aqu Q'asa
• Puka Q'asa
• Pumawank'a
• Qhapaq Saya
• Sut'uq
• Taruka Kancha
• T'uruhana
• Uman Urqu

Climate

Climate data for Urubamba, elevation 2,850 m (9,350 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	22.2 (72.0)	22.0 (71.6)	22.3 (72.1)	23.0 (73.4)	23.4 (74.1)	22.8 (73.0)	22.4 (72.3)	23.2 (73.8)	23.6 (74.5)	23.6 (74.5)	23.8 (74.8)	22.7 (72.9)	22.9 (73.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	9.5 (49.1)	9.6 (49.3)	9.2 (48.6)	7.7 (45.9)	5.0 (41.0)	3.1 (37.6)	2.1 (35.8)	3.6 (38.5)	6.0 (42.8)	8.1 (46.6)	8.9 (48.0)	9.3 (48.7)	6.8 (44.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	105.4 (4.15)	101.3 (3.99)	72.0 (2.83)	22.5 (0.89)	4.1 (0.16)	5.4 (0.21)	5.4 (0.21)	6.7 (0.26)	7.8 (0.31)	38.1 (1.50)	56.4 (2.22)	92.6 (3.65)	517.7 (20.38)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [3]

See also

• Khichuqaqa

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 of the Urubamba Province (Cusco Region)
3. "Normales Climaticás 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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