Luricocha
Luriqucha
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceHuanta
CapitalLuricocha
Government
 • MayorAmerico Paulino Ludeña Tello
Area
 • Total130.04 km2 (50.21 sq mi)
Elevation
2,580 m (8,460 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total5,782
 • Density44/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050405

Luricocha District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. The majority of the population (65.24%) learnt to speak Quechua in child. 34.44% of the residents' native language is Spanish (2007 Peru Census).[2]

Climate

Climate data for Huanta (elevation 2,485 m (8,153 ft), 1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 26.2
(79.2)		 25.9
(78.6)		 26.0
(78.8)		 26.4
(79.5)		 26.9
(80.4)		 26.3
(79.3)		 26.5
(79.7)		 27.1
(80.8)		 27.4
(81.3)		 27.7
(81.9)		 28.7
(83.7)		 26.8
(80.2)		 26.8
(80.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 11.6
(52.9)		 11.6
(52.9)		 11.1
(52.0)		 10.7
(51.3)		 9.9
(49.8)		 9.3
(48.7)		 8.3
(46.9)		 9.4
(48.9)		 11.0
(51.8)		 11.9
(53.4)		 12.3
(54.1)		 11.7
(53.1)		 10.7
(51.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 108.4
(4.27)		 88.2
(3.47)		 47.9
(1.89)		 23.3
(0.92)		 7.2
(0.28)		 1.9
(0.07)		 3.6
(0.14)		 8.4
(0.33)		 8.4
(0.33)		 27.5
(1.08)		 39.0
(1.54)		 88.4
(3.48)		 452.2
(17.8)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ "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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