Cachicadán District is one of eight districts of the province Santiago de Chuco in Peru.[1]
Cachicadán | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | La Libertad |
| Province | Santiago de Chuco |
| Founded | November 3, 1900 |
| Capital | Cachicadán |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rosel Erik Tacanga Lavado |
| Area | |
• Total | 266.5 km2 (102.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,884 m (9,462 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 6,264 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 131003 |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Cachicadán, elevation 2,892 m (9,488 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) | 20.7 (69.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.5 (70.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
8.1 (46.6) |
8.2 (46.8) |
7.4 (45.3) |
6.8 (44.2) |
5.9 (42.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
5.7 (42.3) |
6.5 (43.7) |
7.0 (44.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
7.6 (45.7) |
7.0 (44.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 148.7 (5.85) |
178.2 (7.02) |
219.6 (8.65) |
129.3 (5.09) |
43.3 (1.70) |
14.1 (0.56) |
5.6 (0.22) |
4.7 (0.19) |
26.0 (1.02) |
67.0 (2.64) |
65.3 (2.57) |
130.7 (5.15) |
1,032.5 (40.66) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[2] | |||||||||||||
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.
- ^ "Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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