Umachiri District
Umachiri District is one of nine districts of the province Melgar in Peru.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language that the majority of the population (67.01%) learned to speak in childhood, while 32.55% of the residents started speaking Spanish (2007 Peru Census).
Climate
Climate data for Chuquibambilla, elevation 3,918 m (12,854 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) | 15.3 (59.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.3 (61.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
3.2 (37.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 157.3 (6.19) |
137.4 (5.41) |
121.9 (4.80) |
51.8 (2.04) |
7.1 (0.28) |
4.9 (0.19) |
3.2 (0.13) |
9.5 (0.37) |
16.1 (0.63) |
48.3 (1.90) |
62.6 (2.46) |
121.5 (4.78) |
741.6 (29.18) |
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru |
See also
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.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 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 25 October 2023.