Caraz is a town of Peru. It lies in Caraz District in the south-east of Huaylas Province, in the Áncash region. The City Population register treats it as a single urban locality (a centro poblado) in the Áncash department. City Population, which tabulates results of Peru's national statistics institute INEI, counts 15,944 residents at the 22 October 2017 census, 13,330 at the 2007 census, 9,635 at the 1993 census. Its calculated figure for 30 June 2022 is 16,800. It is one of the Peruvian cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants that the same page lists by department, where the census columns are counts and the 2022 column is a calculation made from adjusted census figures and INEI district projections.
Facts
Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. citypopulation.de: City Population (citypopulation.de): Peru
citypopulation.deCities table, 2017 census, Caraz
15,944 16,800
Part Of: Peru, Cities table, Caraz
Caraz Loc ANC 9,635 13,330 15,944 16,800 0
On Continent: South America, Cities table, Caraz
Caraz Loc ANC 9,635 13,330 15,944 16,800 0
In Group: Cities of South America (World), Cities table, Caraz
Caraz Loc ANC 9,635 13,330 15,944 16,800 0
View the Source 2. Caraz (Wikipedia)
GeographyQuote, Geography
The town is located at an elevation of about 2250 m in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range.
3. Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification updated (ASCII data)
Koppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -9.25, -77.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -9.25, -77.75
-9.25 -77.75 ET
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, southamerica zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone America/Lima, standard offset -5:00Quote, Zone America/Lima, standard offset -5:00
America/Lima
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