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Llallagua

Coordinates: 18°25′S 66°35′W / 18.417°S 66.583°W / -18.417; -66.583
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Llallagua
Llallawa
Town
Official seal of Llallagua
Llallagua is located in Bolivia
Llallagua
Llallagua
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 18°25′S 66°35′W / 18.417°S 66.583°W / -18.417; -66.583
Country Bolivia
DepartmentPotosí Department
ProvinceRafael Bustillo Province
MunicipalityLlallagua Municipality
CantonLlallagua Canton
Government
 • MayorTomás Quiróz (Without Fear Movement; elected 2010)
 • PresidentMaximo Urquieta Mitma (2007)
Elevation
12,779 ft (3,895 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total20,065
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Llallagua (in hispanicized spelling) or Llallawa (Aymara for a monstrous potato (like two potatoes) or animal, Quechua for the god of seed-time during the Inca period)[1][2] is a town in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Llallagua Municipality, the third municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province.

Geography

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Llallagua features a rare microclimate amidst the semi-arid tundras of Potosí and Oruro, due to its extreme elevation near 4000m. Semi-arid and with average temperatures in its warmest month sitting right on the 11 °C threshold, the city's climate straddles that of the subtropical highland climate (Cwc, according to the Köppen climate classification), with subpolar oceanic characteristics and a cold semi-arid climate (BSk). Summers are cool and wet with daily highs rarely rising above 22 °C, while winters feature cooler days with much colder nights averaging −4 °C. These low temperatures are a result of the extreme precipitation deficit during the winter months with the resulting aridity leading to an increased diurnal temperature variation.

Climate

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Climate data for Llallagua, elevation 3,800 m (12,500 ft)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 26.2
(79.2)
25.0
(77.0)
23.5
(74.3)
23.0
(73.4)
24.0
(75.2)
21.8
(71.2)
21.0
(69.8)
22.0
(71.6)
23.5
(74.3)
25.5
(77.9)
24.5
(76.1)
24.1
(75.4)
26.2
(79.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 17.0
(62.6)
17.3
(63.1)
17.6
(63.7)
18.2
(64.8)
16.9
(62.4)
16.6
(61.9)
15.4
(59.7)
17.2
(63.0)
18.1
(64.6)
19.4
(66.9)
20.1
(68.2)
19.1
(66.4)
17.7
(63.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 11.8
(53.2)
11.8
(53.2)
11.5
(52.7)
10.8
(51.4)
8.5
(47.3)
7.6
(45.7)
7.2
(45.0)
8.5
(47.3)
10.3
(50.5)
11.9
(53.4)
12.8
(55.0)
12.8
(55.0)
10.5
(50.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 6.6
(43.9)
6.4
(43.5)
5.4
(41.7)
3.3
(37.9)
0.1
(32.2)
−1.3
(29.7)
−1.0
(30.2)
−0.2
(31.6)
2.6
(36.7)
4.5
(40.1)
5.6
(42.1)
6.6
(43.9)
3.2
(37.8)
Record low °C (°F) 2.2
(36.0)
3.0
(37.4)
1.0
(33.8)
−2.0
(28.4)
−5.0
(23.0)
−8.4
(16.9)
−6.0
(21.2)
−5.2
(22.6)
−2.6
(27.3)
0.0
(32.0)
2.0
(35.6)
2.5
(36.5)
−8.4
(16.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 170.1
(6.70)
105.1
(4.14)
86.4
(3.40)
22.6
(0.89)
2.8
(0.11)
0.0
(0.0)
5.7
(0.22)
4.1
(0.16)
13.3
(0.52)
25.5
(1.00)
43.8
(1.72)
95.5
(3.76)
574.9
(22.62)
Average precipitation days 20.2 15.5 13.0 5.0 0.9 0.0 1.9 1.8 3.1 5.2 8.0 14.8 89.4
Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[3][4]
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References

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  1. ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  3. ^ "Base de datos Sistema Meteorológico–SISMET" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Archived from the original on 7 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ^ "índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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