Paruro District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro in Peru.[1]
Paruro | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Province | Paruro |
| Capital | Paruro |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Adolfo Santiago Fernandez Baca Loaiza |
| Area | |
• Total | 153.42 km2 (59.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,051 m (10,010 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,554 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 081001 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.62%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.96% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Paruro, elevation 3,070 m (10,070 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
7.4 (45.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
2.3 (36.1) |
0.7 (33.3) |
0.3 (32.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
4.8 (40.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
7.1 (44.8) |
7.3 (45.1) |
5.0 (41.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 151.9 (5.98) |
146.5 (5.77) |
119.4 (4.70) |
40.6 (1.60) |
6.9 (0.27) |
2.5 (0.10) |
4.2 (0.17) |
5.7 (0.22) |
16.9 (0.67) |
55.6 (2.19) |
77.9 (3.07) |
141.9 (5.59) |
770 (30.33) |
| 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 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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