Curahuasi District
Curahuasi District is one of the nine districts of the Abancay Province in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Q'illu Q'asa at approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below:
- Aqu Q'asa
- Chaka Chaka
- Chunkara
- Chuqi Marka
- Ch'illkani
- Ch'uru
- Chhullunku Pata
- Inka Pirqa
- Kiska Pata
- Kunturillu
- Mulli Kamayuq
- Mulliyuq
- Muru Qucha
- Nasa Q'ara
- Pirwata
- Puka T'uyuyuq
- Pukara
- Quri Phaqcha
- Q'iwiri
- Silla Q'asa
- Tika Qaqa
- T'asta Q'asa
- T'utura Qucha
- Urpi Utt'aña
- Urquni
- Waman Ayri
- Waman Marka
- Wank'a Wank'a
- Warmi Awqa
- Wasa Qhata
- Wichinka
- Wik'uña Kunka
- Wik'uña Utt'aña
- Yana Qucha
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent, although with a sizable percentage of mestizo and castizo population located mainly in the urban center.
Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (73.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.86% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
Climate
| Climate data for Curahuasi, elevation 2,741 m (8,993 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.3 (75.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) |
11.0 (51.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
7.5 (45.5) |
7.0 (44.6) |
7.6 (45.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
9.9 (49.8) |
10.3 (50.5) |
10.7 (51.3) |
9.5 (49.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 134.2 (5.28) |
132.3 (5.21) |
105.5 (4.15) |
38.5 (1.52) |
6.4 (0.25) |
2.0 (0.08) |
4.4 (0.17) |
10.3 (0.41) |
11.7 (0.46) |
53.6 (2.11) |
80.6 (3.17) |
124.3 (4.89) |
703.8 (27.7) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Abancay Province (Apurimac Region)
- ^ 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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