Incahuasi District
District in Lambayeque, Peru
Incahuasi Inkawasi | |
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District | |
Church of Incahuasi during a procession | |
Country | Peru |
Region | Lambayeque |
Province | Ferreñafe |
Founded | February 17, 1951 |
Capital | Incahuasi |
Government | |
• Mayor | William Hidalgo Manayay Manayay (2019-2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 443.91 km2 (171.39 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,078 m (10,098 ft) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 13,858 |
• Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 140203 |
Incahuasi District or Inkawasi[1] (Quechua Inka Inca, wasi house, "Inca house")[2][3] is one of six districts of the Ferreñafe Province in the Department of Lambayeque in Peru.[4]
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua (Inkawasi-Kañaris Quechua) is the language which the majority of the population (85.72%) learnt to speak in childhood, 14.08% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[5]
Climate
Climate data for Incahuasi, elevation 3,052 m (10,013 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) | 15.7 (60.3) | 15.8 (60.4) | 16.1 (61.0) | 16.2 (61.2) | 16.1 (61.0) | 16.1 (61.0) | 16.0 (60.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 17.0 (62.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.5 (61.7) | 16.3 (61.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) | 7.5 (45.5) | 8.0 (46.4) | 7.9 (46.2) | 7.8 (46.0) | 7.3 (45.1) | 6.9 (44.4) | 7.0 (44.6) | 7.4 (45.3) | 7.5 (45.5) | 7.3 (45.1) | 7.5 (45.5) | 7.5 (45.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 58.3 (2.30) | 98.4 (3.87) | 121.9 (4.80) | 73.0 (2.87) | 37.6 (1.48) | 11.4 (0.45) | 8.6 (0.34) | 7.3 (0.29) | 18.7 (0.74) | 47.0 (1.85) | 41.8 (1.65) | 49.7 (1.96) | 573.7 (22.6) |
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[6] |
Climate data for Puchaca, Incahuasi, elevation 336 m (1,102 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) | 30.1 (86.2) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.2 (86.4) | 29.4 (84.9) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.5 (81.5) | 28.0 (82.4) | 29.1 (84.4) | 28.5 (83.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.9 (69.6) | 19.8 (67.6) | 17.9 (64.2) | 16.2 (61.2) | 15.3 (59.5) | 14.9 (58.8) | 15.2 (59.4) | 15.7 (60.3) | 16.4 (61.5) | 18.2 (64.8) | 17.6 (63.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23.3 (0.92) | 81.6 (3.21) | 137.8 (5.43) | 31.3 (1.23) | 6.1 (0.24) | 1.0 (0.04) | 0.7 (0.03) | 0.5 (0.02) | 1.2 (0.05) | 4.5 (0.18) | 5.1 (0.20) | 5.0 (0.20) | 298.1 (11.75) |
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[7] |
References
- ^ muniferrenafe.gob.pe
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ^ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- ^ (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 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
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