Taraco District
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Taraco
| native_name = Taraqu
| native_name_lang = es
| settlement_type = District
| image_skyline = Taraco Plaza principal.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Main square in Taraco
| image_flag =
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| image_shield =
| shield_alt =
| nickname =
| image_map =
| mapsize = frameless
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location of Taraco in the Huancané Province
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Peru}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Puno
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Huancané
| parts_type = Subdivisions
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| established_title = Founded
| established_date =
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Taraco
| leader_party =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Efrain Vilca Callata
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 198.02
| area_note =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 3819
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 16379
| population_as_of = 2005 census
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note =
| timezone1 = PET
| utc_offset1 = -5
| blank_name_sec1 = UBIGEO
| blank_info_sec1 = 210607
| website =
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Taraco District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru.{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. [http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Distrital] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=2008-04-23 }}. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.59%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.75% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127005551/http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales%3Fori%3DC |date=2013-01-27 }} INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Taraco, elevation {{convert|3828|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020)
|Jan high C = 15.5
|Feb high C = 15.4
|Mar high C = 15.6
|Apr high C = 15.9
|May high C = 16.2
|Jun high C = 15.6
|Jul high C = 15.5
|Aug high C = 16.1
|Sep high C = 16.9
|Oct high C = 17.3
|Nov high C = 17.8
|Dec high C = 16.9
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 5.1
|Feb low C = 5.1
|Mar low C = 3.9
|Apr low C = 0.7
|May low C = -4.1
|Jun low C = -6.6
|Jul low C = -6.9
|Aug low C = -5.2
|Sep low C = -1.5
|Oct low C = 1.8
|Nov low C = 3.0
|Dec low C = 4.4
|year low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 117.7
|Feb precipitation mm = 110.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 86.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 33.8
|May precipitation mm = 8.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 4.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 3.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 6.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 19.8
|Oct precipitation mm = 46.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 35.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 86.5
|year precipitation mm =
|source 1 = National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230821192714/https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones
| archive-date = 21 August 2023
| url = https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones
| title = Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020
| publisher=National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru
| access-date = 25 October 2023}}
}}
References
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{{Districts of Huancané Province}}
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Category:Districts of the Department of Puno
Category:Districts of the Huancané province
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