Calca, Peru

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| population_as_of=2005

|population_total = 9, 732 {{cite web |url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=276058803|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130428140218/http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gpro&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=276058803|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-04-28|access-date=2020-03-26| title=World Gazetteer: Calca - profile of geographical entity including name variants }}

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File:Calca Peru- canal through town and statue.jpg

Calca, also referred to as Villa de Zamora, is a town in southern Peru, capital of Calca Province in Cusco Region. It is at an elevation of around 2926 meters (9600 feet) above sea level.{{cite web |url=http://www.enperu.org/provincias-cusco-ciudades-pueblos-cercanos-sitios-turisticos-distritos-cuzco.html|access-date=2020-03-25|title=Provincias y Distritos | en Peru }}

Climate

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|location = Calca, elevation {{convert|2926|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1963–1998)

|Jan high C = 21.5

|Feb high C = 21.8

|Mar high C = 21.8

|Apr high C = 22.5

|May high C = 22.6

|Jun high C = 22.2

|Jul high C = 22.3

|Aug high C = 22.6

|Sep high C = 23.0

|Oct high C = 23.4

|Nov high C = 23.2

|Dec high C = 22.3

| year high C =

|Jan mean C = 14.6

|Feb mean C = 14.7

|Mar mean C = 14.7

|Apr mean C = 14.1

|May mean C = 13.1

|Jun mean C = 11.9

|Jul mean C = 11.6

|Aug mean C = 12.7

|Sep mean C = 14.1

|Oct mean C = 15.0

|Nov mean C = 15.5

|Dec mean C = 15.0

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|Jan low C = 7.8

|Feb low C = 7.6

|Mar low C = 7.4

|Apr low C = 5.7

|May low C = 3.4

|Jun low C = 1.3

|Jul low C = 0.9

|Aug low C = 2.7

|Sep low C = 5.0

|Oct low C = 6.6

|Nov low C = 7.7

|Dec low C = 7.7

| year low C =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 112.0

|Feb precipitation mm = 93.4

|Mar precipitation mm = 82.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 35.0

|May precipitation mm = 5.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 5.2

|Jul precipitation mm = 3.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 7.7

|Sep precipitation mm = 13.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 33.4

|Nov precipitation mm = 60.0

|Dec precipitation mm= 83.7

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| Jan humidity = 72.4

| Feb humidity = 72.8

| Mar humidity = 72.1

| Apr humidity = 69.9

| May humidity = 65.8

| Jun humidity = 63.2

| Jul humidity = 61.7

| Aug humidity = 61.7

| Sep humidity = 61.9

| Oct humidity = 62.4

| Nov humidity = 64.1

| Dec humidity = 68.5

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|source 1 = Repositorio Institucional Continental{{cite web

| url = https://repositorio.continental.edu.pe/bitstream/20.500.12394/11462/1/IV_FIN_107_TE_Frisancho_Colpaert_2022.pdf

| title = Impacto del incremento de temperatura por el cambio climático en el balance hídrico de microcuenca de laguna de Piuray, 2000 - 2020

| publisher= Universidad Continental

| access-date = 27 June 2024}}

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