Acobamba
Aqupampa
District
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAcobamba
FoundedJanuary 15, 1943
CapitalAcobamba
Subdivisions25 populated centers
Government
 • MayorRolando Vargas Mendoza
Area
 • Total123.02 km2 (47.50 sq mi)
Elevation
2,940 m (9,650 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total8,980
 • Density73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090201
Websiteacobamba.hca.mp.gob.pe

The Acobamba District is one of the eight districts in the Acobamba Province in Peru. It was created by Law No. 9718 on January 15, 1943.[1] Its capital is Acobamba.[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.07%) learnt to speak in childhood, 37.64% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

Climate

Climate data for Acobamba (elevation 3,399 m (11,152 ft), 1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 18.4
(65.1)		 18.1
(64.6)		 18.1
(64.6)		 18.6
(65.5)		 19.1
(66.4)		 18.7
(65.7)		 18.6
(65.5)		 19.2
(66.6)		 19.5
(67.1)		 20.2
(68.4)		 20.8
(69.4)		 19.4
(66.9)		 19.1
(66.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 7.0
(44.6)		 7.1
(44.8)		 7.0
(44.6)		 6.3
(43.3)		 4.7
(40.5)		 3.4
(38.1)		 2.7
(36.9)		 3.6
(38.5)		 5.1
(41.2)		 6.1
(43.0)		 6.5
(43.7)		 6.8
(44.2)		 5.5
(41.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 120.1
(4.73)		 127.2
(5.01)		 94.5
(3.72)		 39.2
(1.54)		 19.4
(0.76)		 8.1
(0.32)		 10.2
(0.40)		 17.0
(0.67)		 22.9
(0.90)		 51.4
(2.02)		 48.6
(1.91)		 101.9
(4.01)		 660.5
(25.99)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Alberto Tauro del Pino, Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú, vol. I, p. 43.
  2. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ "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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