Paucartambo, Paucartambo
Paucartambo
Pawqar Tampu | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Panorama of Paucartambo | |
  Paucartambo | |
| Coordinates: 13°18′56″S 71°35′30″W / 13.31556°S 71.59167°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Province | Paucartambo |
| District | Paucartambo |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mario Condori Huallpa |
| Elevation | 2,906 m (9,534 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
Paucartambo (from Quechua: Pawqar Tampu,[1] meaning "colored tambo") is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Paucartambo in the region Cusco.[2] Paucartambo is home to the colourful Virgen del Carmen festival (Our Lady of Mount Carmel), held each 16 July. Paucartambo's three-day Fiesta de la Virgen del Carmen is one of the biggest street parties in Peru, and attracts tens of thousands of travellers, almost all Peruvian, each year.
Climate
| Climate data for Paucartambo, elevation 2,931 m (9,616 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.2 (48.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
7.9 (46.2) |
6.3 (43.3) |
5.1 (41.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.6 (43.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
8.7 (47.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 125.8 (4.95) |
124.6 (4.91) |
97.9 (3.85) |
40.5 (1.59) |
11.7 (0.46) |
8.0 (0.31) |
9.8 (0.39) |
16.3 (0.64) |
14.3 (0.56) |
43.4 (1.71) |
47.6 (1.87) |
95.6 (3.76) |
635.5 (25) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Nonato Rufino Chuquimamani Valer, Carmen Gladis Alosilla Morales, Victoria Choque Valer: Qullaw Qichwapa Simi Qullqan. Lima, 2014 Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved June 14, 2008
- ^ "Normales Climaticás Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
External links
13°18′56″S 71°35′30″W / 13.31556°S 71.59167°W