Luricocha District
District in Ayacucho, Peru
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Luricocha District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta in Peru.[1]
Luricocha
Luriqucha | |
|---|---|
 Interactive map of Luricocha | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Huanta |
| Capital | Luricocha |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Americo Paulino Ludeña Tello |
| Area | |
• Total | 130.04 km2 (50.21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,580 m (8,460 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,782 |
| • Density | 44.46/km2 (115.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 050405 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. The majority of the population (65.24%) are native Quechua speakers, while 34.44% of the resident's native language is Spanish according to the 2007 Peru Census.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Huanta, Luricocha, elevation 2,485 m (8,153 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.7 (83.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.8 (80.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
11.1 (52.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
9.9 (49.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
8.3 (46.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
11.0 (51.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
12.3 (54.1) |
11.7 (53.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 108.4 (4.27) |
88.2 (3.47) |
47.9 (1.89) |
23.3 (0.92) |
7.2 (0.28) |
1.9 (0.07) |
3.6 (0.14) |
8.4 (0.33) |
8.4 (0.33) |
27.5 (1.08) |
39.0 (1.54) |
88.4 (3.48) |
452.2 (17.8) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
