Quinua District
District in Ayacucho, Peru
Quinua Kinwa | |
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District | |
Country | Peru |
Region | Ayacucho |
Province | Huamanga |
Capital | Quinua |
Government | |
• Mayor | Otilia Martha Chavez Gutierrez |
Area | |
• Total | 145.63 km2 (56.23 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,396 m (11,142 ft) |
Population (2005 census) | |
• Total | 5,881 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 050108 |
Quinua District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.00%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.76% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
Climate data for La Quinua, elevation 3,215 m (10,548 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) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.1 (64.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.1 (64.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 18.7 (65.7) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.6 (67.3) | 20.6 (69.1) | 19.0 (66.2) | 18.7 (65.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) | 7.1 (44.8) | 7.0 (44.6) | 6.5 (43.7) | 5.3 (41.5) | 4.0 (39.2) | 3.4 (38.1) | 4.0 (39.2) | 5.7 (42.3) | 6.6 (43.9) | 6.8 (44.2) | 6.7 (44.1) | 5.9 (42.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 129.3 (5.09) | 149.3 (5.88) | 123.2 (4.85) | 41.7 (1.64) | 20.5 (0.81) | 5.8 (0.23) | 12.5 (0.49) | 12.9 (0.51) | 34.5 (1.36) | 50.7 (2.00) | 62.7 (2.47) | 112.7 (4.44) | 755.8 (29.77) |
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] |
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 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 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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