Ilave
District
Coordinates: 16°6′10″S 69°36′22″W / 16.10278°S 69.60611°W / -16.10278; -69.60611
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceEl Collao
CapitalIlave
Government
 • MayorMario Huanca Flores
Area
 • Total874.57 km2 (337.67 sq mi)
Elevation
3,847 m (12,621 ft)
Population
 (2007 census)
 • Total54,138
 • Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210501

Ilave District is one of five districts of the province El Collao in Puno Region, Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (73.26%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.76% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

Climate

Climate data for Ilave (elevation 3,874 m (12,710 ft), 1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 15.0
(59.0)		 15.1
(59.2)		 15.1
(59.2)		 15.3
(59.5)		 15.0
(59.0)		 14.2
(57.6)		 14.1
(57.4)		 14.8
(58.6)		 15.5
(59.9)		 16.4
(61.5)		 17.0
(62.6)		 16.4
(61.5)		 15.3
(59.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 4.9
(40.8)		 5.1
(41.2)		 4.6
(40.3)		 2.6
(36.7)		 −0.6
(30.9)		 −2.6
(27.3)		 −3.0
(26.6)		 −1.7
(28.9)		 0.4
(32.7)		 2.3
(36.1)		 3.4
(38.1)		 4.5
(40.1)		 1.7
(35.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 164.6
(6.48)		 136.4
(5.37)		 110.3
(4.34)		 41.3
(1.63)		 10.1
(0.40)		 4.8
(0.19)		 7.2
(0.28)		 12.6
(0.50)		 22.6
(0.89)		 36.3
(1.43)		 39.4
(1.55)		 95.8
(3.77)		 681.4
(26.83)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3]

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ "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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