Pozuzo District
Pozuzo District is one of eight districts of the Oxapampa Province in the Pasco Department of Peru. The two towns in the district are the capital, Pozuzo, population 1,366 in 2017, and Prusia, which is smaller.
Pozuzo District is best known for the colonists from Austria and Germany who established one of the first European settlements (in Peru) east of the Andes in remote Pozuzo District in 1859. Traces of German culture remain in the architecture and culture of the district.
Tourism
Climate
| Climate data for Pozuzo, elevation 746 m (2,448 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) | 28.1 (82.6) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.6 (63.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.0 (66.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 296.2 (11.66) |
301.9 (11.89) |
287.9 (11.33) |
206.0 (8.11) |
122.7 (4.83) |
77.5 (3.05) |
63.1 (2.48) |
69.0 (2.72) |
101.8 (4.01) |
186.3 (7.33) |
216.2 (8.51) |
329.1 (12.96) |
2,257.7 (88.88) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ Dilwyn Jenkins (2009-07-01). The Rough Guide to Peru. Rough Guides Limited. pp. 487–489. ISBN 978-1-84836-053-2.
- ^ "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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| Daniel Alcides Carrión | |
| Oxapampa | |
| Pasco | |
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