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Llallagua

Llallawa
Town
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Official seal of Llallagua
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Llallagua is located in Bolivia
Llallagua
Llallagua
Location in Bolivia
Country  Bolivia
Department Potosí Department
Province Rafael Bustillo Province
Municipality Llallagua Municipality
Canton Llallagua Canton
Elevation
12,779 ft (3,895 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total 20,065
Time zone UTC-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) 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

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

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

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See also

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