Taraco District

Taraco
Taraqu
District
Main square in Taraco
Main square in Taraco
Interactive map of Taraco
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceHuancané
CapitalTaraco
Government
 • MayorEfrain Vilca Callata
Area
 • Total
198.02 km2 (76.46 sq mi)
Elevation
3,819 m (12,530 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
16,379
 • Density82.714/km2 (214.23/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210607

Taraco District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru.

Ethnic groups

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).

Climate

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

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 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 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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