Capachica_District
Capachica District
District in Puno, Peru
Capachica District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in Peru.[1] Its seat is Capachica.
Quick Facts Qapachiqa, Country ...
Capachica
Qapachiqa | |
|---|---|
Capachica peninsula | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Puno |
| Province | Puno |
| Capital | Capachica |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ascencion Laquise Humpire |
| Area | |
| • Total | 117.06 km2 (45.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,860 m (12,660 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 10,320 |
| • Density | 88/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 210105 |
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The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.17%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language according to a 2007 Peru Census.[2]
More information Climate data for Capachica (elevation 3,822 m (12,539 ft), 1991–2020 normals), Month ...
| Climate data for Capachica (elevation 3,822 m (12,539 ft), 1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.9 (58.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.1 (57.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
15.3 (59.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
14.9 (58.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
0.3 (32.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
4.2 (39.6) |
1.5 (34.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 170.6 (6.72) |
162.7 (6.41) |
134.0 (5.28) |
47.1 (1.85) |
6.6 (0.26) |
3.5 (0.14) |
4.5 (0.18) |
12.5 (0.49) |
25.9 (1.02) |
44.5 (1.75) |
47.9 (1.89) |
105.1 (4.14) |
764.9 (30.13) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
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- (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 25 October 2023.
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