Sauce (hispanicized spelling of Quechua sawsi willow)[1] is one of fourteen districts of the province San Martín in Peru.[2]
Sauce Sawsi | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | San Martín |
| Province | San Martín |
| Founded | May 20, 1936 |
| Capital | Sauce |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sebastian Calderon Bacon |
| Area | |
| • Total | 103 km2 (40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,350 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 220913 |
Geography
editLocated in the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental (Peru), the town is 614 m a.s.l. and 51 km south of the Tarapoto city, across the Huallaga River, 6°42’12” south latitude and 76°15’15” west longitude.
Places of interest
editClimate
edit| Climate data for Sauce, elevation 614 m (2,014 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.3 (84.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) |
19.7 (67.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.0 (66.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 81.1 (3.19) |
120.3 (4.74) |
159.5 (6.28) |
172.8 (6.80) |
121.6 (4.79) |
99.9 (3.93) |
82.4 (3.24) |
84.0 (3.31) |
113.0 (4.45) |
121.4 (4.78) |
103.3 (4.07) |
93.6 (3.69) |
1,352.9 (53.27) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ "Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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