Amantaní District

District in Puno, Peru

Amantani
District
Amantani
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Puno
Founded	April 9, 1965
Capital	Amantani
Government
• Mayor	Marcelino Yucra
Area
• Total	15 km² (6 sq mi)
Elevation	3,854 m (12,644 ft)
Population (2007 census)
• Total	4,255
• Density	280/km² (730/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210102
Website	muniamantani.gob.pe^{[permanent dead link]}

Amantani^[1] is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno region, Peru.^[2]

History

Amantani District was created by Law on April 9, 1965, in Fernando Belaúnde term.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.50% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[3]

Climate

Climate data for Isla Taquile, elevation 3,837 m (12,589 ft), (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	15.9 (60.6)	15.9 (60.6)	15.6 (60.1)	15.7 (60.3)	15.2 (59.4)	14.5 (58.1)	14.2 (57.6)	14.9 (58.8)	15.8 (60.4)	17.0 (62.6)	17.7 (63.9)	17.2 (63.0)	15.8 (60.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	6.3 (43.3)	6.4 (43.5)	6.4 (43.5)	6.2 (43.2)	5.1 (41.2)	4.0 (39.2)	3.4 (38.1)	3.9 (39.0)	5.0 (41.0)	5.9 (42.6)	6.7 (44.1)	6.7 (44.1)	5.5 (41.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	215.9 (8.50)	205.5 (8.09)	174.3 (6.86)	66.8 (2.63)	12.8 (0.50)	6.6 (0.26)	10.2 (0.40)	12.8 (0.50)	33.9 (1.33)	47.6 (1.87)	54.6 (2.15)	112.6 (4.43)	953.6 (37.52)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru^[4]

Mayors

2011-2014: Marcelino Yucra Pacompia.
2007-2010: Adrián Severo Yanarico Cari.

Festivities

Our Lady of Candles.

References

^ munamantani.gob.pe Archived 2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine Municipalidad distrital de Amantani (official website)
^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital. Retrieved March 19, 2008. Archived May 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ 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 25 October 2023.