Azángaro District, Azángaro
Azángaro District | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Puno |
Province | Azángaro |
Capital | Azángaro |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ruben Pachari Inofuente |
Area | |
• Total | 706.13 km2 (272.64 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,850 m (12,630 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 29,649 |
• Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 210201 |
Azángaro District is one of fifteen districts of the province Azángaro in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 38.82% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Azángaro, elevation 3,857 m (12,654 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) | 16.3 (61.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 16.4 (61.5) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.2 (61.2) | 16.2 (61.2) | 17.2 (63.0) | 18.1 (64.6) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.7 (65.7) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.1 (62.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) | 5.1 (41.2) | 4.3 (39.7) | 2.4 (36.3) | −1.4 (29.5) | −4.3 (24.3) | −4.4 (24.1) | −2.8 (27.0) | 0.4 (32.7) | 2.5 (36.5) | 3.4 (38.1) | 4.4 (39.9) | 1.2 (34.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 112.5 (4.43) | 97.1 (3.82) | 90.6 (3.57) | 33.1 (1.30) | 7.8 (0.31) | 2.6 (0.10) | 2.1 (0.08) | 8.8 (0.35) | 22.0 (0.87) | 49.0 (1.93) | 53.7 (2.11) | 87.8 (3.46) | 567.1 (22.33) |
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] |
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, 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.