Santiago de Chuco

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Place in La Libertad Region, Peru

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8°9′0.78″S 78°10′41.95″W / 8.1502167°S 78.1783194°W / -8.1502167; -78.1783194Country

PeruRegionLa Libertad RegionProvinceSantiago de ChucoGovernment

• MayorJuan Gabriel AlipioElevation

3,120 m (10,240 ft)Population

(2005)

• Urban

25 000 • Demonym

Santiaguino(a)Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)WebsiteMunicipality

Santiago de Chuco is a city in Peru, capital of Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Region.

History

On July 23, 1553 it was obtained permission to found a town that served as the capital and hub of mining and wheat. Captain Don Diego de la Serna, immigrants Domingo Perez Vasquez, Jose Pelaez, Lino Benítes of Children, Miguel de Estremadura, Rodrigo of Bejarano, Fernando de Alva, Garcia de Paredes, Lorenzo de Alcantara, Juan Baptist father Ruiz and Francisco de Asis Centurion reached Andaymarca, a native of Santiago de Compostela, who helped Santiago the "greatest" be the tutelary patron of the new town.

Notable people

César Vallejo
Luis de la Puente Uceda
Pablo Uceda
Eladio Ruiz Cerna

Climate

Climate data for Santiago de Chuco, elevation 3,115 m (10,220 ft)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	19.7 (67.5)	18.8 (65.8)	18.2 (64.8)	18.6 (65.5)	20.0 (68.0)	20.3 (68.5)	20.5 (68.9)	20.7 (69.3)	21.4 (70.5)	20.3 (68.5)	20.9 (69.6)	20.1 (68.2)	20.0 (67.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	7.7 (45.9)	8.4 (47.1)	8.0 (46.4)	8.0 (46.4)	7.4 (45.3)	7.0 (44.6)	6.5 (43.7)	7.3 (45.1)	7.3 (45.1)	7.9 (46.2)	8.2 (46.8)	7.8 (46.0)	7.6 (45.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	97.1 (3.82)	121.3 (4.78)	124.2 (4.89)	79.9 (3.15)	20.6 (0.81)	6.5 (0.26)	5.6 (0.22)	4.0 (0.16)	2.4 (0.09)	35.6 (1.40)	17.3 (0.68)	31.5 (1.24)	546 (21.5)
Source: Sistema Nacional de Información Ambiental^[1]

References

^ ""La Libertad: Clima y Ríos en Cifras Estadísticas de Seis Décadas"" (PDF). Sistema Nacional de Información Ambiental. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.