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District in Lambayeque, Peru
Oyotún
District
Country Peru
RegionLambayeque
ProvinceChiclayo
FoundedNovember 23, 1925
CapitalOyotún
Government
 • MayorSegundo Manuel Aguinaga Perez
Area
 • Total455.4 km (175.8 sq mi)
Elevation209 m (686 ft)
Population
 • Total10,302
 • Density23/km (59/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO140110

Oyotún District is one of twenty districts of the province Chiclayo in Peru.

Archaeology

In November 2019, Peruvian archaeologists led by Walter Alva discovered a 3,000-year-old, 130 feet long megalithic 'water cult' temple with 21 tombs in the Zana Valley. Archaeologists assumed that the temple was abandoned around 250 BC and later used as a burial ground by the Chumy people. Twenty of the tombs belonged to the people of Chumy, and one to an adult male buried during the Formative period with a ceramic bottle with two spouts and a bridge handle. According to the excavations, as many as three construction phases took place in the temple: the first was between 1500 BC-800 BC, when people built the foundations of the building from cone-shaped clay; second, between 800 BC-400 BC, when the megalithic temple was built under the influence of the pre-Inca civilization known as the Chavin; and finally 400 BC-100 BC, when people added circular pillars used to hold the roof of the temple.

Climate

Climate data for Oyotún, elevation 187 m (614 ft), (1991−2020)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 31.6
(88.9) 		31.6
(88.9) 		31.5
(88.7) 		31.1
(88.0) 		29.9
(85.8) 		28.1
(82.6) 		27.4
(81.3) 		27.3
(81.1) 		28.1
(82.6) 		28.6
(83.5) 		29.6
(85.3) 		30.9
(87.6) 		29.6
(85.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 20.5
(68.9) 		21.6
(70.9) 		21.6
(70.9) 		20.0
(68.0) 		17.9
(64.2) 		16.2
(61.2) 		14.8
(58.6) 		14.6
(58.3) 		14.9
(58.8) 		15.7
(60.3) 		16.4
(61.5) 		18.5
(65.3) 		17.7
(63.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 39.3
(1.55) 		86.7
(3.41) 		109.3
(4.30) 		36.3
(1.43) 		7.2
(0.28) 		2.9
(0.11) 		1.5
(0.06) 		0.7
(0.03) 		4.2
(0.17) 		6.3
(0.25) 		7.2
(0.28) 		14.1
(0.56) 		315.7
(12.43)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru
Climate data for El Espinal, Oyotún, elevation 371 m (1,217 ft), (1991)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 30.1
(86.2) 		29.9
(85.8) 		30.0
(86.0) 		29.4
(84.9) 		28.5
(83.3) 		27.6
(81.7) 		27.5
(81.5) 		27.4
(81.3) 		27.9
(82.2) 		28.2
(82.8) 		28.6
(83.5) 		29.6
(85.3) 		28.7
(83.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 19.9
(67.8) 		20.8
(69.4) 		20.7
(69.3) 		19.6
(67.3) 		17.6
(63.7) 		15.9
(60.6) 		14.8
(58.6) 		14.6
(58.3) 		15.1
(59.2) 		15.6
(60.1) 		16.4
(61.5) 		18.1
(64.6) 		17.4
(63.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 34.6
(1.36) 		93.5
(3.68) 		120.8
(4.76) 		59.8
(2.35) 		17.3
(0.68) 		5.1
(0.20) 		3.4
(0.13) 		2.2
(0.09) 		7.2
(0.28) 		13.0
(0.51) 		11.7
(0.46) 		17.7
(0.70) 		386.3
(15.2)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. Saplakoglu, Yasemin (November 20, 2019). "Archaeologists Discover 3,000-Year-Old Megalithic Temple Used by a 'Water Cult'". livescience.com. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  3. "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.
  4. "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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