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Cuyocuyo
Cuyocuyo
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Sandia
Founded	May 2, 1854
Capital	Cuyocuyo
Government
• Mayor	Zacarias Santamaria Paye
Area
• Total	503.91 km2 (194.56 sq mi)
Elevation	3,450 m (11,320 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	8,062
• Density	16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	211202

Cuyocuyo District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia in Peru.^[1]

Geography

The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest elevations of the district is Qurwari at approximately 5,200 m (17,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below:^[2]^[3]

Ch'uwaña
Janq'u Uma
Kuntur Ikiña
Kunturini
Machu Llaqta
Maran Sarani
Pirwani
P'ujru
Qurwari
Saywa
Sura Pata
Tikani
Utkhuqaqa
Wilaquta

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.81%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.79% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[4]

Climate

Climate data for Cuyocuyo, elevation 3,414 m (11,201 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	13.4 (56.1)	13.9 (57.0)	14.0 (57.2)	14.4 (57.9)	13.9 (57.0)	14.1 (57.4)	13.7 (56.7)	13.9 (57.0)	13.7 (56.7)	13.9 (57.0)	14.2 (57.6)	13.5 (56.3)	13.9 (57.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	5.8 (42.4)	5.8 (42.4)	5.3 (41.5)	4.3 (39.7)	3.1 (37.6)	2.4 (36.3)	2.4 (36.3)	3.0 (37.4)	3.8 (38.8)	4.7 (40.5)	5.3 (41.5)	5.5 (41.9)	4.3 (39.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	132.4 (5.21)	125.9 (4.96)	95.3 (3.75)	47.6 (1.87)	19.9 (0.78)	9.5 (0.37)	13.6 (0.54)	21.4 (0.84)	32.2 (1.27)	54.0 (2.13)	52.8 (2.08)	90.5 (3.56)	695.1 (27.36)
Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru (precipitation 1991−2020)^[5]^[6]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Putina Province (Puno Region)
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Sandia Province, Puno Region
^ 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 10 June 2024.
^ "anexos atlas climatico" (PDF). National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Retrieved 10 June 2024.