Chinchero District

Chinchero
District

Market in Chinchero
Coordinates: 13°23′28″S 72°2′52″W / 13.39111°S 72.04778°WCoordinates: 13°23′28″S 72°2′52″W / 13.39111°S 72.04778°W
Country  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Urubamba
Founded September 9, 1905
Capital Chinchero
Government
 • Mayor Humberto Huaman Auccapuma
Area
 • Total 94.57 km2 (36.51 sq mi)
Elevation 3,762 m (12,343 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 9,958
 • Density 110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 081302
Website munichinchero.gob.pe

Chinchero District is one of seven districts of the province Urubamba in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.49%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.95% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

Climate

Climate data for Chincheros, Peru (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 16
(61)		 16
(61)		 16
(61)		 17
(63)		 16
(61)		 16
(61)		 16
(61)		 16
(61)		 17
(63)		 18
(64)		 17
(63)		 17
(63)		 16.5
(61.7)
Average low °C (°F) 4
(39)		 3
(37)		 3
(37)		 1
(34)		 −2
(28)		 −4
(25)		 −6
(21)		 −4
(25)		 −1
(30)		 1
(34)		 2
(36)		 3
(37)		 0
(32)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 117
(4.61)		 81
(3.19)		 72
(2.83)		 36
(1.42)		 3
(0.12)		 3
(0.12)		 0
(0)		 9
(0.35)		 12
(0.47)		 24
(0.94)		 45
(1.77)		 51
(2.01)		 453
(17.83)
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 17 10 13 7 2 2 0 2 4 6 8 9 81
Source: WW[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ "Weather Averages and Activities". World Weather Online. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

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