Santiago de Machaca
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Santiago de Machaca | |
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Town | |
 Temple of Santiago de Machaca | |
  Santiago de Machaca Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 17°04′S 69°12′W / 17.067°S 69.200°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | José Manuel Pando Province |
| Municipality | Santiago de Machaca Municipality |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
| • Total | 819 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Santiago de Machaca is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Santiago de Machaca Municipality, the first municipal section of the José Manuel Pando Province, and it is also the seat of the province.
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Santiago de Machaca, elevation 3,980 m (13,060 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.0 (62.6) | 16.4 (61.5) | 15.1 (59.2) | 15.3 (59.5) | 16.9 (62.4) | 17.7 (63.9) | 19.1 (66.4) | 19.7 (67.5) | 19.3 (66.7) | 17.4 (63.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 9.9 (49.8) | 9.8 (49.6) | 7.6 (45.7) | 5.5 (41.9) | 3.7 (38.7) | 3.1 (37.6) | 5.0 (41.0) | 6.4 (43.5) | 8.4 (47.1) | 9.7 (49.5) | 10.6 (51.1) | 7.5 (45.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) | 2.4 (36.3) | 2.3 (36.1) | −1.9 (28.6) | −5.3 (22.5) | −7.7 (18.1) | −8.7 (16.3) | −6.9 (19.6) | −5.0 (23.0) | −2.3 (27.9) | −0.9 (30.4) | 1.5 (34.7) | −2.4 (27.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 131 (5.2) | 116 (4.6) | 83 (3.3) | 20 (0.8) | 1 (0.0) | 4 (0.2) | 1 (0.0) | 3 (0.1) | 9 (0.4) | 8 (0.3) | 37 (1.5) | 65 (2.6) | 478 (19) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 58 | 58 | 61 | 55 | 53 | 50 | 50 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 51 | 52 |
| Source: Plataforma digital única del Estado Peruano[2] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ www.ine.gov.bo Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine - National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia (in Spanish)
- ^ "PLAN DIRECTOR GLOBAL BINACIONAL DE PROTECCION - PREVENCION DE INUNDACIONES V APROVECHAMIENTO DE LOS RECURSOS DEL LAGO TITICACA, RIO DESAGUADERO, LAGO POOPO V LAGO SALAR E COIPASA (SISTEMA T.D.P.S.) ESTUDIO DE CLIMATOLOGIA" (PDF). The European Commission (EC). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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