Yanahuanca
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = Region
|subdivision_name1 = Pasco
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|subdivision_name2 = Daniel Alcídes Carrión
|subdivision_type3 = District
|subdivision_name3 = Yanahuanca
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Juan Luis Chombo Heredia
(2019-2022)
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|population_total = 11333
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|timezone = PET
|utc_offset = -5
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Yanahuanca is a town in central Peru, capital of the province Daniel Alcídes Carrión in the region Pasco.{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. [http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Digital], Retrieved June 20, 2008
Etymology
The 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;{{cite book|title=Diccionario quechua español|author=Abdón Yaranga}} for what "yanahuanca" would be understood as "black stone".
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
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|location = Yanahuanca, elevation {{convert|3137|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020)
|Jan high C = 19.8
|Feb high C = 19.6
|Mar high C = 19.4
|Apr high C = 20.2
|May high C = 21.0
|Jun high C = 21.3
|Jul high C = 21.0
|Aug high C = 21.2
|Sep high C = 20.7
|Oct high C = 20.6
|Nov high C = 20.9
|Dec high C = 19.8
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 7.8
|Feb low C = 8.0
|Mar low C = 8.1
|Apr low C = 7.8
|May low C = 7.2
|Jun low C = 6.5
|Jul low C = 6.0
|Aug low C = 6.3
|Sep low C = 7.2
|Oct low C = 7.5
|Nov low C = 7.7
|Dec low C = 7.8
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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 108.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 100.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 123.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 66.4
|May precipitation mm = 28.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 11.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 13.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 11.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 29.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 62.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 78.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 101.4
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|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 = 17 June 2024}}
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References
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External links
- [http://www.maplandia.com/peru/pasco/daniel-carrion/yanahuanca/ Satellite map at Maplandia]
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Category:Populated places in the Department of Pasco
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