Incahuasi District
District in Lambayeque, Peru
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Incahuasi District or Inkawasi[1] (Quechua Inka Inca, wasi house, "Inca house")[2][3] is one of six districts of the Ferreñafe Province in the Department of Lambayeque in Peru.[4]
Incahuasi
Inkawasi | |
|---|---|
Church of Incahuasi during a procession | |
 Interactive map of Incahuasi | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Lambayeque |
| Province | Ferreñafe |
| Founded | February 17, 1951 |
| Capital | Incahuasi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | William Hidalgo Manayay Manayay (2019-2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 443.91 km2 (171.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,078 m (10,098 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 13,858 |
| • Density | 31.218/km2 (80.854/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 140203 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua (Inkawasi-Kañaris Quechua) is the language which the majority of the population (85.72%) learnt to speak in childhood, 14.08% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[5]
Climate
| Climate data for Incahuasi, elevation 3,052 m (10,013 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
17.0 (62.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.3 (61.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) |
7.5 (45.5) |
8.0 (46.4) |
7.9 (46.2) |
7.8 (46.0) |
7.3 (45.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
7.5 (45.5) |
7.3 (45.1) |
7.5 (45.5) |
7.5 (45.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 58.3 (2.30) |
98.4 (3.87) |
121.9 (4.80) |
73.0 (2.87) |
37.6 (1.48) |
11.4 (0.45) |
8.6 (0.34) |
7.3 (0.29) |
18.7 (0.74) |
47.0 (1.85) |
41.8 (1.65) |
49.7 (1.96) |
573.7 (22.6) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[6] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Puchaca, Incahuasi, elevation 336 m (1,102 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.1 (86.2) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.0 (82.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.8 (67.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
14.9 (58.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.6 (63.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23.3 (0.92) |
81.6 (3.21) |
137.8 (5.43) |
31.3 (1.23) |
6.1 (0.24) |
1.0 (0.04) |
0.7 (0.03) |
0.5 (0.02) |
1.2 (0.05) |
4.5 (0.18) |
5.1 (0.20) |
5.0 (0.20) |
298.1 (11.75) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[7] | |||||||||||||
