Moho District is one of four districts of the province Moho in Peru.[1]
Moho | |
|---|---|
 Church of Moho | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Puno |
| Province | Moho |
| Capital | Moho |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Randolfo Mamani Aracayo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 495.8 km2 (191.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,841 m (12,602 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 16,847 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 210901 |
Ethnic groups edit
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (80.47%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.60% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate edit
| Climate data for Huaraya Moho (elevation 3,836 m (12,585 ft), 1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
13.9 (57.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.0 (58.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
4.2 (39.6) |
2.7 (36.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
1.3 (34.3) |
2.9 (37.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
4.6 (40.3) |
2.1 (35.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 178.4 (7.02) |
147.1 (5.79) |
102.5 (4.04) |
49.6 (1.95) |
13.2 (0.52) |
7.2 (0.28) |
6.0 (0.24) |
11.9 (0.47) |
31.5 (1.24) |
59.3 (2.33) |
61.3 (2.41) |
138.1 (5.44) |
806.1 (31.73) |
| 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 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 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.
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