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Municipality in La Paz Department, Bolivia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charaña Municipality is the fifth municipal section of the Pacajes Province in the La Paz Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Charaña.
Charaña Municipality | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 17°35′0″S 69°10′0″W | |
Country | ![]() |
Department | La Paz Department |
Province | Pacajes Province |
Seat | Charaña |
Government | |
• Mayor | Victor Hugo Apaza Mamani (2007) |
• President | Eufracio Marca Cruz (2007) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,110 sq mi (2,876 km2) |
Elevation | 13,500 ft (4,100 m) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 2,766 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Some of the highest mountains of the municipality are listed below:[1][2][3][4]
The climate in Charaña is characterized by a sub-freezing mean annual temperature, with large annual temperature ranges, and moderately low precipitation. The Köppen Climate System classifies this as a Tundra climate, abbreviated as ET.[5]
Climate data for Charaña_Municipality | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17 (63) |
17 (62) |
17 (62) |
18 (64) |
17 (62) |
14 (58) |
14 (58) |
16 (60) |
16 (61) |
17 (63) |
19 (66) |
18 (64) |
17 (62) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 7 (45) |
7 (45) |
7 (45) |
5 (41) |
3 (37) |
0 (32) |
1 (34) |
2 (36) |
4 (39) |
5 (41) |
6 (43) |
7 (45) |
5 (40) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2 (28) |
−1 (30) |
−3 (27) |
−6 (21) |
−9 (15) |
−13 (8) |
−13 (9) |
−12 (11) |
−8 (17) |
−7 (20) |
−6 (22) |
−3 (27) |
−7 (20) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 48 (1.9) |
53 (2.1) |
38 (1.5) |
5.1 (0.2) |
0 (0) |
2.5 (0.1) |
5.1 (0.2) |
2.5 (0.1) |
2.5 (0.1) |
15 (0.6) |
10 (0.4) |
41 (1.6) |
220 (8.7) |
Source: Weatherbase [6] |
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