Santiago de Paucaray District

Santiago de Paucaray is one of 11 districts of the Sucre Province in the Ayacucho region in Peru.

Santiago de Paucaray
District
Location of Santiago de Paucaray in the Sucre province
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Sucre
Founded	May 21, 1962
Capital	Santiago de Paucaray
Subdivisions	12 populated places
Area
• Total	62.65 km2 (24.19 sq mi)
Elevation	3,229 m (10,594 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,030
• Density	16/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050910

Population

The population of Santiago de Paucaray (2005 census) is 1,030 people, 495 men and 535 women.^[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 (84.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.84% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

Administrative division

The populated places in the district are:^[1]

• Santiago de Paucaray
• Autama
• Chaquiccocha
• pampa Estancia
• Ccallhuaniso
• Ccotani
• Atihuara
• Matara
• Santa Rosa de Ccara Ccara
• Chullhua
• Hauytarumi
• Parhuanca

Climate

Climate data for Santiago de Paucaray, elevation 3,232 m (10,604 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	20.2 (68.4)	19.5 (67.1)	19.2 (66.6)	20.1 (68.2)	20.8 (69.4)	20.4 (68.7)	20.2 (68.4)	20.9 (69.6)	21.6 (70.9)	22.3 (72.1)	22.9 (73.2)	21.2 (70.2)	20.8 (69.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	7.9 (46.2)	8.1 (46.6)	8.1 (46.6)	7.4 (45.3)	5.6 (42.1)	4.8 (40.6)	4.2 (39.6)	4.9 (40.8)	6.2 (43.2)	6.8 (44.2)	7.0 (44.6)	7.7 (45.9)	6.6 (43.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	153.7 (6.05)	155.8 (6.13)	134.6 (5.30)	50.5 (1.99)	7.5 (0.30)	7.6 (0.30)	13.1 (0.52)	16.4 (0.65)	24.0 (0.94)	33.9 (1.33)	40.7 (1.60)	100.7 (3.96)	738.5 (29.07)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3]

References

1. INEI Archived 2007-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
2. 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)
3. "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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