Ahuaycha District

Ahuaycha District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.^[1]

Ahuaycha Awaycha
District
Landscape of Ahuaycha
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Tayacaja
Founded	December 14, 1954
Capital	Ahuaycha
Government
• Mayor	Raul Huaman Vasquez
Area
• Total	90.96 km2 (35.12 sq mi)
Elevation	3,280 m (10,760 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	5,939
• Density	65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090704

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.30%) learnt to speak in childhood, 45.43% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

Climate

Climate data for Pampas, Ahuaycha, elevation 3,250 m (10,660 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	17.6 (63.7)	17.3 (63.1)	17.3 (63.1)	17.9 (64.2)	18.1 (64.6)	17.8 (64.0)	17.5 (63.5)	17.9 (64.2)	18.0 (64.4)	18.6 (65.5)	19.0 (66.2)	18.1 (64.6)	17.9 (64.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	5.8 (42.4)	6.4 (43.5)	5.8 (42.4)	3.7 (38.7)	1.4 (34.5)	−0.3 (31.5)	−0.8 (30.6)	0.5 (32.9)	2.8 (37.0)	4.0 (39.2)	4.3 (39.7)	5.3 (41.5)	3.2 (37.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	91.1 (3.59)	95.5 (3.76)	84.5 (3.33)	34.4 (1.35)	15.4 (0.61)	8.1 (0.32)	13.9 (0.55)	15.1 (0.59)	26.5 (1.04)	39.4 (1.55)	44.2 (1.74)	79.2 (3.12)	547.3 (21.55)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3]

See also

• Llaqta Qulluy

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
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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