Taraco District
District in Puno, Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taraco District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru.[1]
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.59%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.75% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
| Climate data for Taraco, elevation 3,828 m (12,559 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
16.2 (61.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
5.1 (41.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
4.4 (39.9) |
0.0 (31.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 117.7 (4.63) |
110.5 (4.35) |
86.6 (3.41) |
33.8 (1.33) |
8.2 (0.32) |
4.1 (0.16) |
3.8 (0.15) |
6.3 (0.25) |
19.8 (0.78) |
46.6 (1.83) |
35.4 (1.39) |
86.5 (3.41) |
559.3 (22.01) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
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