Paucarbamba District

Paucarbamba District is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa in Peru.^[1]

Paucarbamba Pawqarpampa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Churcampa
Capital	Paucarbamba
Government
• Mayor	Wilder Cordova Ramos
Area
• Total	101.41 km2 (39.15 sq mi)
Elevation	3,370 m (11,060 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	5,947
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090507

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (83.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.37% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

Climate

Climate data for Paucarbamba, elevation 3,380 m (11,090 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	15.9 (60.6)	15.5 (59.9)	15.6 (60.1)	16.5 (61.7)	17.2 (63.0)	16.9 (62.4)	16.7 (62.1)	17.1 (62.8)	17.2 (63.0)	17.3 (63.1)	17.8 (64.0)	16.4 (61.5)	16.7 (62.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	7.6 (45.7)	7.7 (45.9)	7.7 (45.9)	7.3 (45.1)	6.4 (43.5)	5.3 (41.5)	4.5 (40.1)	4.8 (40.6)	6.1 (43.0)	6.9 (44.4)	7.4 (45.3)	7.5 (45.5)	6.6 (43.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	166.6 (6.56)	183.7 (7.23)	172.3 (6.78)	72.5 (2.85)	30.2 (1.19)	14.0 (0.55)	20.8 (0.82)	25.7 (1.01)	43.8 (1.72)	79.7 (3.14)	78.6 (3.09)	138.0 (5.43)	1,025.9 (40.37)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3]