Santo Tomás District
District
Country Peru
RegionCusco
ProvinceChumbivilcas
CapitalSanto Tomás
Government
 • MayorDomingo Benito Calderon
Area
 • Total1,924.08 km2 (742.89 sq mi)
Elevation
3,660 m (12,010 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total24,614
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO080701

Santo Tomás District is one of eight districts of the province Chumbivilcas in Peru.[1]

Geography

The Wansu mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district are listed below:[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.05%) learnt to speak in childhood, 14.63% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

Climate

Climate data for Santo Tomás (elevation 3,212 m (10,538 ft), 1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 22.4
(72.3)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.4
(72.3)		 22.5
(72.5)		 22.1
(71.8)		 21.7
(71.1)		 23.0
(73.4)		 23.6
(74.5)		 24.2
(75.6)		 24.9
(76.8)		 23.5
(74.3)		 22.9
(73.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 7.4
(45.3)		 7.6
(45.7)		 7.4
(45.3)		 5.3
(41.5)		 1.2
(34.2)		 −1.5
(29.3)		 −1.6
(29.1)		 −0.2
(31.6)		 3.0
(37.4)		 4.9
(40.8)		 5.3
(41.5)		 6.7
(44.1)		 3.8
(38.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 162.7
(6.41)		 181.5
(7.15)		 167.0
(6.57)		 57.1
(2.25)		 8.6
(0.34)		 2.1
(0.08)		 5.2
(0.20)		 6.7
(0.26)		 18.5
(0.73)		 51.6
(2.03)		 56.1
(2.21)		 133.6
(5.26)		 850.7
(33.49)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[4]

See also

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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Chumbivilcas Province (Cusco Region)
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ "Normales Climaticás 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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