Yanahuanca is a town in central Peru, capital of the province Daniel Alcídes Carrión in the region Pasco.[1]
Yanahuanca | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Plaza de Armas of Yanahuanca | |
  Yanahuanca | |
| Coordinates: 10°29′29″S 76°30′49″W / 10.49139°S 76.51361°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Pasco |
| Province | Daniel Alcídes Carrión |
| District | Yanahuanca |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Juan Luis Chombo Heredia (2019-2022) |
| Elevation | 3,184 m (10,446 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 11,333 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
Etymology
editThe name of the town, is a phrase composed by the Quechua adjective yana (black), and the Runasimi noun wanka ("huanca" in Spanish) that means "demarcatory stone", among other meanings;[2] for what "yanahuanca" would be understood as "black stone".
Climate
edit| Climate data for Yanahuanca, elevation 3,137 m (10,292 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.8 (67.6) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.8 (67.6) |
20.5 (68.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
7.8 (46.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
6.3 (43.3) |
7.2 (45.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
7.8 (46.0) |
7.3 (45.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 108.2 (4.26) |
100.3 (3.95) |
123.9 (4.88) |
66.4 (2.61) |
28.8 (1.13) |
11.8 (0.46) |
13.1 (0.52) |
11.5 (0.45) |
29.3 (1.15) |
62.1 (2.44) |
78.0 (3.07) |
101.4 (3.99) |
734.8 (28.91) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital, Retrieved June 20, 2008
- ^ Abdón Yaranga. Diccionario quechua español.
- ^ "Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
External links
edit10°29′29″S 76°30′49″W / 10.49139°S 76.51361°W
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