Castilla District
Castilla | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 5°07′47″S 80°30′52″W / 5.12972°S 80.51444°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Piura |
| Province | Piura |
| Founded | March 30, 1861 |
| Capital | Castilla |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Elías Aguilar Silva[1] (2019–2021) |
| Area | |
• Total | 662.23 km2 (255.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 120,766 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 200104 |
| Website | municastilla.gob.pe |
Castilla District is one of ten districts of the province Piura in Peru.[2] The district was created in 1861 during the presidency of Ramón Castilla. In 2007, it had a population of 120,000.[3]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Miraflores, Castilla, elevation 34 m (112 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.6 (92.5) |
34.3 (93.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
32.7 (90.9) |
30.6 (87.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
30.8 (87.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.8 (67.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 31.9 (1.26) |
39.2 (1.54) |
61.3 (2.41) |
18.5 (0.73) |
1.8 (0.07) |
0.2 (0.01) |
0.2 (0.01) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.5 (0.02) |
0.8 (0.03) |
7.9 (0.31) |
162.4 (6.39) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[4] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Redacción (January 2, 2019). "José Aguilar juramentó como nuevo alcalde de Castilla". Noticias Piura 3.0 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 17, 2008.
- ^ city population
- ^ "Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Archived from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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