Mañazo District
District in Puno, Peru
Mañazo Mañasu | |
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District | |
Cows on a meadow in Mañazo District | |
Country | Peru |
Region | Puno |
Province | Puno |
Founded | January 30, 1953 |
Capital | Mañazo |
Government | |
• Mayor | Miguel Gabriel Quispe Achata |
Area | |
• Total | 410.67 km2 (158.56 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,926 m (12,881 ft) |
Population (2005 census) | |
• Total | 5,537 |
• Density | 13/km2 (35/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 210109 |
Mañazo (Aymara Mañasu, meaning butcher) is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno 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 (63.59%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.92% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
Climate data for Mañazo, elevation 3,931 m (12,897 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) | 16.0 (60.8) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.8 (60.4) | 16.2 (61.2) | 16.4 (61.5) | 15.9 (60.6) | 15.8 (60.4) | 16.7 (62.1) | 17.6 (63.7) | 18.2 (64.8) | 18.7 (65.7) | 17.6 (63.7) | 16.7 (62.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) | 4.4 (39.9) | 3.6 (38.5) | 1.8 (35.2) | −0.6 (30.9) | −2.4 (27.7) | −2.8 (27.0) | −1.8 (28.8) | 0.1 (32.2) | 1.9 (35.4) | 2.9 (37.2) | 3.9 (39.0) | 1.3 (34.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 135.6 (5.34) | 134.0 (5.28) | 91.2 (3.59) | 45.6 (1.80) | 5.0 (0.20) | 2.0 (0.08) | 3.0 (0.12) | 5.3 (0.21) | 15.1 (0.59) | 32.1 (1.26) | 48.8 (1.92) | 97.9 (3.85) | 615.6 (24.24) |
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] |
See also
- Kuntur Ikiña
- Wila Wila
- Wiluyu
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, 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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