Lampa | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Puno |
Province | Lampa |
Capital | Lampa |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ciriaco Isidro Diaz Arestegui |
Area | |
• Total | 675.82 km2 (260.94 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,892 m (12,769 ft) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 11,206 |
• Density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 210701 |
Lampa District is one of ten districts of the province Lampa in Peru.[1]
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (74.17%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.32% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
Climate data for Lampa, elevation 3,866 m (12,684 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) | 16.4 (61.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
17.7 (63.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) |
4.3 (39.7) |
3.8 (38.8) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
0.4 (32.7) |
1.1 (34.0) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 142.9 (5.63) |
140.8 (5.54) |
107.1 (4.22) |
48.2 (1.90) |
6.2 (0.24) |
3.7 (0.15) |
3.6 (0.14) |
8.3 (0.33) |
19.8 (0.78) |
52.5 (2.07) |
55.0 (2.17) |
121.3 (4.78) |
709.4 (27.95) |
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] |