Santa Rosa District, Melgar

Santa Rosa District
Santa Rosa District
District
	Khunurana, Santa Rosa district
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Melgar
Capital	Santa Rosa
Government
• Mayor	Filiberto Tacca Navarro
Area
• Total	790.38 km2 (305.17 sq mi)
Elevation	3,993 m (13,100 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	7,454
• Density	9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210808

Santa Rosa District is one of nine districts of the province Melgar in Peru.^[1]

Geography

The La Raya mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains are listed below:^[2]

Silluta
Taruja Marka
T'uqra
Wilaquta
Yana Khuchilla
Yana Salla
Yanaqucha
Yaritani

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (78.58%) learnt to speak in childhood, 21.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[3]

Climate

Climate data for Santa Rosa, elevation 3,957 m (12,982 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	15.7 (60.3)	15.5 (59.9)	15.3 (59.5)	15.7 (60.3)	15.8 (60.4)	15.6 (60.1)	15.5 (59.9)	16.7 (62.1)	17.6 (63.7)	17.9 (64.2)	18.4 (65.1)	17.0 (62.6)	16.4 (61.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	4.8 (40.6)	5.1 (41.2)	4.5 (40.1)	2.2 (36.0)	−2.6 (27.3)	−6.5 (20.3)	−7.0 (19.4)	−5.0 (23.0)	−0.9 (30.4)	1.9 (35.4)	3.6 (38.5)	4.6 (40.3)	0.4 (32.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	165.2 (6.50)	132.9 (5.23)	126.1 (4.96)	40.9 (1.61)	7.5 (0.30)	3.2 (0.13)	2.4 (0.09)	6.9 (0.27)	21.4 (0.84)	61.3 (2.41)	72.6 (2.86)	128.3 (5.05)	768.7 (30.25)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru^[4]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 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 25 October 2023.