Pacaycasa District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.[1]
Pacaycasa | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Huamanga |
| Founded | June 26, 1956 |
| Capital | Pacaycasa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Paulino Amao Nuñez |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41.8 km2 (16.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,535 m (8,317 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 3,705 |
| • Density | 89/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 050107 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.68%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.05% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Wayllapampa, Pacaycasa, (elevation 2,470 m (8,100 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.6 (78.1) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.7 (78.3) | 26.2 (79.2) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.3 (77.5) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 27.3 (81.1) | 28.2 (82.8) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.1 (79.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.3 (52.3) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.3 (52.3) | 8.4 (47.1) | 5.1 (41.2) | 3.0 (37.4) | 2.4 (36.3) | 4.0 (39.2) | 7.2 (45.0) | 8.8 (47.8) | 9.5 (49.1) | 10.7 (51.3) | 7.8 (46.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 101.8 (4.01) | 108.8 (4.28) | 87.3 (3.44) | 28.4 (1.12) | 14.5 (0.57) | 3.6 (0.14) | 7.9 (0.31) | 8.9 (0.35) | 20.2 (0.80) | 30.1 (1.19) | 43.3 (1.70) | 79.5 (3.13) | 534.3 (21.04) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||