{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Calca | native_name = Khallka | native_name_lang = qu<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "es" for Spanish --> | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = Huchuy Qosqo Stevage.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Huch'uy Qusqu | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | image_map = | mapsize = frameless | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Calca in the Calca province | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Peru}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Cusco | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Calca | parts_type = Subdivisions | parts_style = para | p1 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = Calca | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Ciriaco Condori Cruz | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 311.01 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 2928 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 18491 | population_as_of = 2005 census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone1 = PET | utc_offset1 = -5 | blank_name_sec1 = UBIGEO | blank_info_sec1 = 080401 | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Calca District''' is one of eight districts of the province Calca in Peru.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. ''[http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Distrital] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=April 23, 2008 }}''. Retrieved April 11, 2008.</ref> The capital of the district is Calca, also known as the capital of the Sacred Valley.
== Geography == Some of the highest mountains of the Urupampa mountain range, Ch'iqun, Q'irayuq, Sawasiray and Siriwani, lie in the northwestern part of the Calca District. Other mountains of the district are listed below:<ref>escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the CAlca Province (Cusco Region)</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em| * Anqasmarka * Asul Urqu * Aya Urqu * Chhullunkunayuq * Ch'akiqucha * Hatun Punta * Huch'uy Raqha Kay * Kancha Kancha Q'asa * Kuntur Wachana * Llamayuq Q'asa * Maki Makiyuq * Mullu Urqu * Pachakutiq * Pintasqa Wayq'u * Pitusiray * Puka Q'asa * Pukaqucha * Pukyupata * Puma Kallanka * Qusqu Qhawarina * Qusqu Qhawarina (Calca) * Sapan Sach'ayuq * Silla Q'asa * Suntur * Wallata Wachana * Wamanchuqi * Yana Qaqa * Yana Urqu }}
==Climate==
{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Calca, elevation {{convert|2926|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1963–1998) |Jan high C = 21.5 |Feb high C = 21.8 |Mar high C = 21.8 |Apr high C = 22.5 |May high C = 22.6 |Jun high C = 22.2 |Jul high C = 22.3 |Aug high C = 22.6 |Sep high C = 23.0 |Oct high C = 23.4 |Nov high C = 23.2 |Dec high C = 22.3 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 14.6 |Feb mean C = 14.7 |Mar mean C = 14.7 |Apr mean C = 14.1 |May mean C = 13.1 |Jun mean C = 11.9 |Jul mean C = 11.6 |Aug mean C = 12.7 |Sep mean C = 14.1 |Oct mean C = 15.0 |Nov mean C = 15.5 |Dec mean C = 15.0 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 7.8 |Feb low C = 7.6 |Mar low C = 7.4 |Apr low C = 5.7 |May low C = 3.4 |Jun low C = 1.3 |Jul low C = 0.9 |Aug low C = 2.7 |Sep low C = 5.0 |Oct low C = 6.6 |Nov low C = 7.7 |Dec low C = 7.7 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 112.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 93.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 82.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 35.0 |May precipitation mm = 5.1 |Jun precipitation mm = 5.2 |Jul precipitation mm = 3.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 7.7 |Sep precipitation mm = 13.2 |Oct precipitation mm = 33.4 |Nov precipitation mm = 60.0 |Dec precipitation mm = 83.7 |year precipitation mm = | Jan humidity = 72.4 | Feb humidity = 72.8 | Mar humidity = 72.1 | Apr humidity = 69.9 | May humidity = 65.8 | Jun humidity = 63.2 | Jul humidity = 61.7 | Aug humidity = 61.7 | Sep humidity = 61.9 | Oct humidity = 62.4 | Nov humidity = 64.1 | Dec humidity = 68.5 | year humidity = |source 1 = Repositorio Institucional Continental<ref name =edu>{{cite web | url = https://repositorio.continental.edu.pe/bitstream/20.500.12394/11462/1/IV_FIN_107_TE_Frisancho_Colpaert_2022.pdf | title = Impacto del incremento de temperatura por el cambio climático en el balance hídrico de microcuenca de laguna de Piuray, 2000 - 2020 | publisher= Universidad Continental | access-date = 27 June 2024}}</ref> }}
== See also == * Huch'uy Qusqu * Llamayuq
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Districts of Calca Province}}
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Category:Districts of the Calca province
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