Paucartambo (from Quechua: Pawqar Tampu,[1] meaning "colored tambo") is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Paucartambo in the region Cusco.[2] Paucartambo is home to the colourful Virgen del Carmen festival (Our Lady of Mount Carmel), held each 16 July. Paucartambo's three-day Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen is one of the biggest street parties in Peru, and attracts tens of thousands of travellers, almost all Peruvian, each year.
Paucartambo
Pawqar Tampu | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Panorama of Paucartambo | |
  Paucartambo | |
| Coordinates: 13°18′56″S 71°35′30″W / 13.31556°S 71.59167°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Province | Paucartambo |
| District | Paucartambo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mario Condori Huallpa |
| Elevation | 2,906 m (9,534 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Paucartambo, elevation 2,931 m (9,616 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.2 (48.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
7.9 (46.2) |
6.3 (43.3) |
5.1 (41.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.6 (43.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
8.7 (47.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 125.8 (4.95) |
124.6 (4.91) |
97.9 (3.85) |
40.5 (1.59) |
11.7 (0.46) |
8.0 (0.31) |
9.8 (0.39) |
16.3 (0.64) |
14.3 (0.56) |
43.4 (1.71) |
47.6 (1.87) |
95.6 (3.76) |
635.5 (25) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Nonato Rufino Chuquimamani Valer, Carmen Gladis Alosilla Morales, Victoria Choque Valer: Qullaw Qichwapa Simi Qullqan. Lima, 2014 Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved June 14, 2008
- ^ "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.
External links
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