Lampa District, Lampa
District in Puno, Peru
Lampa | |
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District | |
Inmaculada Concepción church in Lampa | |
Country | Peru |
Region | Puno |
Province | Lampa |
Capital | Lampa |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ciriaco Isidro Diaz Arestegui |
Area | |
• Total | 675.82 km2 (260.94 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,892 m (12,769 ft) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 11,206 |
• Density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 210701 |
Lampa District is one of ten districts of the province Lampa 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 (74.17%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.32% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
Climate data for Lampa, elevation 3,866 m (12,684 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) | 16.4 (61.5) | 16.2 (61.2) | 16.2 (61.2) | 16.5 (61.7) | 16.5 (61.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 16.0 (60.8) | 16.8 (62.2) | 17.7 (63.9) | 18.1 (64.6) | 18.8 (65.8) | 17.8 (64.0) | 16.9 (62.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) | 4.3 (39.7) | 3.8 (38.8) | 1.5 (34.7) | −3.0 (26.6) | −5.6 (21.9) | −5.9 (21.4) | −4.5 (23.9) | −1.8 (28.8) | 0.4 (32.7) | 1.1 (34.0) | 3.1 (37.6) | −0.2 (31.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 142.9 (5.63) | 140.8 (5.54) | 107.1 (4.22) | 48.2 (1.90) | 6.2 (0.24) | 3.7 (0.15) | 3.6 (0.14) | 8.3 (0.33) | 19.8 (0.78) | 52.5 (2.07) | 55.0 (2.17) | 121.3 (4.78) | 709.4 (27.95) |
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] |
See also
- Kuntur Ikiña
- Pukaqucha
References
- ^ (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 25 October 2023.
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