Acobamba District, Acobamba

District in Huancavelica, Peru

Acobamba Aqupampa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Acobamba
Founded	January 15, 1943
Capital	Acobamba
Subdivisions	25 populated centers
Government
• Mayor	Rolando Vargas Mendoza
Area
• Total	123.02 km² (47.50 sq mi)
Elevation	2,940 m (9,650 ft)
Population (2017)
• Total	8,980
• Density	73/km² (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090201
Website	acobamba.hca.mp.gob.pe

The Acobamba District is one of the eight districts in the Acobamba Province in Peru. It was created by Law No. 9718 on January 15, 1943.^[1] Its capital is Acobamba.^[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 (62.07%) learnt to speak in childhood, 37.64% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[3]

Climate

Climate data for Acobamba, elevation 3,399 m (11,152 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	18.4 (65.1)	18.1 (64.6)	18.1 (64.6)	18.6 (65.5)	19.1 (66.4)	18.7 (65.7)	18.6 (65.5)	19.2 (66.6)	19.5 (67.1)	20.2 (68.4)	20.8 (69.4)	19.4 (66.9)	19.1 (66.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	7.0 (44.6)	7.1 (44.8)	7.0 (44.6)	6.3 (43.3)	4.7 (40.5)	3.4 (38.1)	2.7 (36.9)	3.6 (38.5)	5.1 (41.2)	6.1 (43.0)	6.5 (43.7)	6.8 (44.2)	5.5 (41.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	120.1 (4.73)	127.2 (5.01)	94.5 (3.72)	39.2 (1.54)	19.4 (0.76)	8.1 (0.32)	10.2 (0.40)	17.0 (0.67)	22.9 (0.90)	51.4 (2.02)	48.6 (1.91)	101.9 (4.01)	660.5 (25.99)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru^[4]

References

^ Alberto Tauro del Pino, Enciclopedia Ilustrada del Perú, vol. I, p. 43.
^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ 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)
^ "Normales Climaticás Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.