Jacas Chico District
Jacas Chico | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Huánuco |
Province | Yarowilca |
Founded | April 20, 1960 |
Capital | San Cristóbal de Jacas Chico |
Government | |
• Mayor | Santiago Salvador Palacios |
Area | |
• Total | 68.4 km2 (26.4 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,795 m (12,451 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,356 |
• Density | 34/km2 (89/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 101105 |
Jacas Chico District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca 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 (50.57%) learnt to speak in childhood, 49.32% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Jacas Chico, elevation 3,703 m (12,149 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) | 12.1 (53.8) | 11.8 (53.2) | 12.0 (53.6) | 12.5 (54.5) | 12.5 (54.5) | 12.1 (53.8) | 11.8 (53.2) | 12.3 (54.1) | 12.7 (54.9) | 12.7 (54.9) | 13.3 (55.9) | 12.3 (54.1) | 12.3 (54.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) | 4.9 (40.8) | 4.9 (40.8) | 4.5 (40.1) | 3.7 (38.7) | 2.6 (36.7) | 1.9 (35.4) | 2.3 (36.1) | 3.2 (37.8) | 4.2 (39.6) | 4.4 (39.9) | 4.6 (40.3) | 3.8 (38.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 165.6 (6.52) | 166.1 (6.54) | 181.4 (7.14) | 91.7 (3.61) | 37.0 (1.46) | 15.8 (0.62) | 17.3 (0.68) | 22.5 (0.89) | 41.0 (1.61) | 105.4 (4.15) | 105.5 (4.15) | 161.8 (6.37) | 1,111.1 (43.74) |
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] |
See also
[edit]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 17 June 2024.