| Ahuaycha Awaycha | |
|---|---|
| District | |
 Landscape of Ahuaycha | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Huancavelica |
| Province | Tayacaja |
| Founded | December 14, 1954 |
| Capital | Ahuaycha |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Raul Huaman Vasquez |
| Area | |
| • Total | 90.96 km (35.12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,280 m (10,760 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,939 |
| • Density | 65/km (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 090704 |
Ahuaycha District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.30%) learnt to speak in childhood, 45.43% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
Climate
| Climate data for Pampas, Ahuaycha, elevation 3,250 m (10,660 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.9 (64.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
5.8 (42.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
0.5 (32.9) |
2.8 (37.0) |
4.0 (39.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
3.2 (37.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 91.1 (3.59) |
95.5 (3.76) |
84.5 (3.33) |
34.4 (1.35) |
15.4 (0.61) |
8.1 (0.32) |
13.9 (0.55) |
15.1 (0.59) |
26.5 (1.04) |
39.4 (1.55) |
44.2 (1.74) |
79.2 (3.12) |
547.3 (21.55) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- (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 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 6 November 2023.
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| Tayacaja | |
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