Chinchero District
| Chinchero | |
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| District | |
Market in Chinchero
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| 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) | |||||||||||||
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| 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) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 81 |
| Source: WW[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
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- (Spanish) Official municipal website
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| Canas | |
| Canchis | |
| Chumbivilcas | |
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| Espinar | |
| La Convención | |
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- ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
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