Pisac District

Pisac District is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru.^[1]

Pisac P'isaq
District
Pisac
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Calca
Capital	Pisac
Government
• Mayor	Gavino Yucra Tunqui
Area
• Total	148.25 km2 (57.24 sq mi)
Elevation	2,972 m (9,751 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	9,239
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080405

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:^[2]

• Hatun Wayllarani
• Ichhunayuq
• Machu Kuntur Sinqa
• Ñustapata
• Pukayuq
• Q'ispi Urqu

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (72.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.15% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[3]

Climate

Climate data for Pisac, elevation 2,990 m (9,810 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	21.8 (71.2)	21.5 (70.7)	22.0 (71.6)	22.7 (72.9)	23.4 (74.1)	23.2 (73.8)	23.0 (73.4)	23.4 (74.1)	23.6 (74.5)	23.7 (74.7)	24.3 (75.7)	22.7 (72.9)	22.9 (73.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	10.1 (50.2)	10.0 (50.0)	9.7 (49.5)	8.2 (46.8)	6.1 (43.0)	4.6 (40.3)	4.2 (39.6)	5.3 (41.5)	7.5 (45.5)	9.2 (48.6)	9.8 (49.6)	10.0 (50.0)	7.9 (46.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	119.1 (4.69)	99.8 (3.93)	83.2 (3.28)	26.4 (1.04)	7.0 (0.28)	4.6 (0.18)	5.6 (0.22)	6.3 (0.25)	11.2 (0.44)	39.7 (1.56)	56.7 (2.23)	99.3 (3.91)	558.9 (22.01)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[4]

See also

• Challwaqucha
• Chawaytiri
• Inti Watana
• Kimsaqucha
• Willka Raymi