Jacas Chico District

District in Huánuco, Peru

Jacas Chico
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Yarowilca
Founded	April 20, 1960
Capital	San Cristóbal de Jacas Chico
Government
• Mayor	Santiago Salvador Palacios
Area
• Total	68.4 km² (26.4 sq mi)
Elevation	3,795 m (12,451 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	2,356
• Density	34/km² (89/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	101105

Jacas Chico District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca 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 (50.57%) learnt to speak in childhood, 49.32% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

Climate

Climate data for Jacas Chico, elevation 3,703 m (12,149 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	12.1 (53.8)	11.8 (53.2)	12.0 (53.6)	12.5 (54.5)	12.5 (54.5)	12.1 (53.8)	11.8 (53.2)	12.3 (54.1)	12.7 (54.9)	12.7 (54.9)	13.3 (55.9)	12.3 (54.1)	12.3 (54.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	4.6 (40.3)	4.9 (40.8)	4.9 (40.8)	4.5 (40.1)	3.7 (38.7)	2.6 (36.7)	1.9 (35.4)	2.3 (36.1)	3.2 (37.8)	4.2 (39.6)	4.4 (39.9)	4.6 (40.3)	3.8 (38.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	165.6 (6.52)	166.1 (6.54)	181.4 (7.14)	91.7 (3.61)	37.0 (1.46)	15.8 (0.62)	17.3 (0.68)	22.5 (0.89)	41.0 (1.61)	105.4 (4.15)	105.5 (4.15)	161.8 (6.37)	1,111.1 (43.74)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru^[3]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
^ "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.