Asillo District is one of fifteen districts of the province Azángaro in Peru.[1]
Asillo | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Puno |
| Province | Azángaro |
| Capital | Asillo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Ludgardo Torres Sucari |
| Area | |
| • Total | 392.38 km2 (151.50 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,909 m (12,825 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 18,725 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 210204 |
Ethnic groups edit
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.57%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.94% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate edit
| Climate data for Progreso (elevation 3,925 m (12,877 ft), 1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.8 (60.4) |
15.9 (60.6) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.5 (61.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
3.9 (39.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
0.6 (33.1) |
2.5 (36.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
4.1 (39.4) |
1.2 (34.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 127.8 (5.03) |
110.8 (4.36) |
97.0 (3.82) |
43.2 (1.70) |
7.8 (0.31) |
1.9 (0.07) |
3.4 (0.13) |
6.8 (0.27) |
18.3 (0.72) |
48.8 (1.92) |
55.2 (2.17) |
97.7 (3.85) |
618.7 (24.35) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
- ^ "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.
 | This Puno Region geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |