Sauce District
Sauce Sawsi | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | San Martín |
| Province | San Martín |
| Founded | May 20, 1936 |
| Capital | Sauce |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sebastian Calderon Bacon |
| Area | |
• Total | 103 km2 (40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,350 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 220913 |
Sauce (hispanicized spelling of Quechua sawsi willow)[1] is one of fourteen districts of the province San Martín in Peru.[2]
Geography
Located in the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental (Peru), the town is 614 m a.s.l. and 51 km south of the Tarapoto city, across the Huallaga River, 6°42’12” south latitude and 76°15’15” west longitude.
Places of interest
Climate
| Climate data for Sauce, elevation 614 m (2,014 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) | 30.0 (86.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.1 (84.4) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.5 (83.3) | 29.2 (84.6) | 29.6 (85.3) | 29.8 (85.6) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.2 (86.4) | 29.3 (84.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.7 (67.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.0 (66.2) | 18.1 (64.6) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.6 (63.7) | 18.5 (65.3) | 19.3 (66.7) | 19.8 (67.6) | 20.1 (68.2) | 19.0 (66.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 81.1 (3.19) | 120.3 (4.74) | 159.5 (6.28) | 172.8 (6.80) | 121.6 (4.79) | 99.9 (3.93) | 82.4 (3.24) | 84.0 (3.31) | 113.0 (4.45) | 121.4 (4.78) | 103.3 (4.07) | 93.6 (3.69) | 1,352.9 (53.27) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Diccionario: Quechua - Español - Quechua, Simi Taqe: Qheswa - Español - Qheswa" (PDF). Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua. Gobierno Regional del Cusco, Perú: Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua. 2005.
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ "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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| Bellavista | |
| El Dorado | |
| Huallaga | |
| Lamas | |
| Mariscal Caceres | |
| Moyobamba | |
| Picota | |
| Rioja | |
| San Martín | |
| Tocache | |
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