Pichacani
Pichaqani | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Puno |
Province | Puno |
Capital | Laraqueri |
Government | |
• Mayor | Lucio Ccopa Mamani |
Area | |
• Total | 1,633.48 km2 (630.69 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,975 m (13,041 ft) |
Population (
2005 census) | |
• Total | 6,134 |
• Density | 3.8/km2 (9.7/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( PET) |
UBIGEO | 210111 |
Pichacani (hispanicized spelling) or Pichaqani ( Aymara pichaqa a big needle, [1] -ni a suffix, "the one with a big needle") is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region in Peru. [2]
Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below: [3]
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (80.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.68% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language ( 2007 Peru Census). [4]
Climate data for Laraqueri, elevation 3,939 m (12,923 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.8 (62.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
3.6 (38.5) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
0.5 (32.9) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 168.2 (6.62) |
169.5 (6.67) |
105.6 (4.16) |
44.7 (1.76) |
6.9 (0.27) |
4.5 (0.18) |
4.7 (0.19) |
10.4 (0.41) |
20.2 (0.80) |
35.5 (1.40) |
49.8 (1.96) |
109.3 (4.30) |
729.3 (28.72) |
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru [5] |