Umachiri District is one of nine districts of the province Melgar in Peru.[1]
Umachiri | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Puno |
| Province | Melgar |
| Capital | Umachiri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 323.56 km2 (124.93 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,904 m (12,808 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,592 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (37/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 210809 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language that the majority of the population (67.01%) learned to speak in childhood, while 32.55% of the residents started speaking Spanish (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Chuquibambilla, elevation 3,918 m (12,854 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.3 (59.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.3 (61.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
3.2 (37.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 157.3 (6.19) |
137.4 (5.41) |
121.9 (4.80) |
51.8 (2.04) |
7.1 (0.28) |
4.9 (0.19) |
3.2 (0.13) |
9.5 (0.37) |
16.1 (0.63) |
48.3 (1.90) |
62.6 (2.46) |
121.5 (4.78) |
741.6 (29.18) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
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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