Santiago de Pischa District

District in Ayacucho, Peru

Santiago de Pischa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Huamanga
Capital	San Pedro de Cachi
Government
• Mayor	Pelayo Santiago Pareja
Area
• Total	114.94 km² (44.38 sq mi)
Elevation	3,188 m (10,459 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	1,643
• Density	14/km² (37/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050111

Santiago de Pischa District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.^[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (76.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.16% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

Climate

Climate data for San Pedro de Cachi, Santiago de Pischa, elevation 3,247 m (10,653 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	20.6 (69.1)	19.9 (67.8)	19.9 (67.8)	21.0 (69.8)	21.7 (71.1)	21.4 (70.5)	21.2 (70.2)	22.0 (71.6)	22.0 (71.6)	22.5 (72.5)	23.1 (73.6)	21.2 (70.2)	21.4 (70.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	9.3 (48.7)	9.3 (48.7)	9.2 (48.6)	8.2 (46.8)	6.8 (44.2)	5.9 (42.6)	5.5 (41.9)	6.2 (43.2)	7.8 (46.0)	8.7 (47.7)	9.0 (48.2)	9.2 (48.6)	7.9 (46.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	139.6 (5.50)	137.5 (5.41)	105.3 (4.15)	42.2 (1.66)	17.8 (0.70)	4.9 (0.19)	11.0 (0.43)	11.1 (0.44)	18.6 (0.73)	40.0 (1.57)	45.4 (1.79)	109.4 (4.31)	682.8 (26.88)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru^[3]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 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.