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Llallagua
Llallawa
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 Llallagua
Location in Bolivia
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| Country |  Bolivia |
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| Department | Potosí Department | |
| Province | Rafael Bustillo Province | |
| Municipality | Llallagua Municipality | |
| Canton | Llallagua Canton | |
| Elevation | 12,779 ft (3,895 m) | |
| Population
(2001)
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| • 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) | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
Gallery
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Simon I Patiño Theatre
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Metavauxite, a rare member of the vauxite group. Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bolivia. Size: 4.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm.
