Huancané District (Aymara Wankani) is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru.[1]
Huancané
Wankani | |
|---|---|
 Huancané | |
 | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Puno |
| Province | Huancané |
| Capital | Huancané |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alex Gomez Pacoricona |
| Area | |
| • Total | 381.62 km2 (147.34 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,841 m (12,602 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 23,474 |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 210601 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (68.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.65% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Huancané, elevation 3,842 m (12,605 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.6 (58.3) |
15.2 (59.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
3.4 (38.1) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
1.6 (34.9) |
2.6 (36.7) |
3.8 (38.8) |
0.4 (32.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 126.4 (4.98) |
117.3 (4.62) |
92.8 (3.65) |
35.1 (1.38) |
10.2 (0.40) |
4.8 (0.19) |
4.4 (0.17) |
8.0 (0.31) |
23.5 (0.93) |
52.8 (2.08) |
51.3 (2.02) |
105.4 (4.15) |
632 (24.88) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)
- ^ "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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