Olmos District

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'''Olmos District''' is one of twelve districts of the province Lambayeque 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=2008-04-23 }}''. Retrieved April 11, 2008.</ref>

==History== The name of the district comes from the town of Olmos, meaning "elms", because the pale bark of the trees in the surrounding forest reminded the Spanish settlers of the elm trees back in Spain. At the time of the arrival of the Spaniards the area was occupied by the Quechuas and the extensive region of Olmos was administered by the Kingdom (''curacazgo'') of Copiz, which was under the Inca Empire. The pre-existing town was recognized in 1544 by the viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela.

==Hydrographics== The major river in the district is the Olmos River.<ref name="Hydrography">{{Cite web|title=Distrito de Olmos: Hidrografía|publisher=Municipalidad Distrital de Olmos|url=http://www.muniolmos.gob.pe/paginaolmos/html/orografia.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905153622/http://www.muniolmos.gob.pe/paginaolmos/html/orografia.htm |archivedate=5 September 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other important rivers are the Cascajal River, the Insculás River, the Ñaupe River, and the San Cristóbal River.<ref name="Hydrography" /> The Limón Dam is part of the Olmos irrigation project which is intended to irrigate dry region west of the Andes by damming the flood-prone Huancabamba River.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Direccion General de Electridad, Ministerio de Energia y Minas, Republica del Peru |title=Evaluacion del Potencial Hidroelectrico Nacional Volume XII, Cuencas Costa Norte|url=http://www.minem.gob.pe/minem/archivos/file/Electricidad/potencial/Volumen12/PeruPotHidro_vol12.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118000538/http://www.minem.gob.pe/minem/archivos/file/Electricidad/potencial/Volumen12/PeruPotHidro_vol12.pdf |archivedate=18 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Pasabar, Olmos, elevation {{convert|124|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020) |Jan high C = 33.4 |Feb high C = 33.6 |Mar high C = 33.5 |Apr high C = 33.1 |May high C = 31.6 |Jun high C = 29.7 |Jul high C = 29.6 |Aug high C = 30.0 |Sep high C = 31.5 |Oct high C = 31.6 |Nov high C = 32.0 |Dec high C = 33.2 |year high C = |Jan low C = 21.3 |Feb low C = 22.3 |Mar low C = 22.0 |Apr low C = 20.5 |May low C = 18.8 |Jun low C = 17.4 |Jul low C = 15.8 |Aug low C = 15.2 |Sep low C = 15.6 |Oct low C = 16.2 |Nov low C = 17.0 |Dec low C = 19.0 |year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 18.9 |Feb precipitation mm = 98.7 |Mar precipitation mm = 149.6 |Apr precipitation mm = 33.3 |May precipitation mm = 8.0 |Jun precipitation mm = 0.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 0.4 |Aug precipitation mm = 0.1 |Sep precipitation mm = 0.3 |Oct precipitation mm = 4.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 5.5 |Dec precipitation mm = 5.1 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru<ref name = SENAMHI>{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230821192714/https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones | archive-date = 21 August 2023 | url = https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/?p=normales-estaciones | title = Normales Climáticas Estándares y Medias 1991-2020 | publisher=National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru | access-date = 17 June 2024}}</ref> }}

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Category:Districts of the Department of Lambayeque Category:Districts of the Lambayeque province