Charaña

Town in La Paz Department, Bolivia
17°35′31″S 69°26′44″W / 17.59194°S 69.44556°W / -17.59194; -69.44556Country BoliviaDepartmentLa Paz DepartmentProvincePacajes ProvinceMunicipalityCharaña MunicipalityElevation
13,310 ft (4,060 m)Population
 (2001)[1]
 • Total817Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Charaña is a high elevation town in the altiplano of the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Charaña Municipality, the fifth municipal section of the Pacajes Province.

Charaña is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the border with Chile.[2][3]

History

Charaña was the scene of the famous meeting between President Augusto Pinochet of Chile and Hugo Banzer on 8 February 1975 when they signed a Joint Declaration (Charaña Act), which restored diplomatic relations between the two countries which were broken since April 1962.

Climate

Climate data for Charaña, elevation 4,057 m (13,310 ft)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 26.3
(79.3) 		25.2
(77.4) 		25.0
(77.0) 		25.0
(77.0) 		22.2
(72.0) 		21.4
(70.5) 		22.0
(71.6) 		23.0
(73.4) 		23.2
(73.8) 		24.8
(76.6) 		25.4
(77.7) 		29.7
(85.5) 		29.7
(85.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 18.5
(65.3) 		18.4
(65.1) 		18.6
(65.5) 		18.4
(65.1) 		16.7
(62.1) 		15.0
(59.0) 		15.0
(59.0) 		16.0
(60.8) 		17.3
(63.1) 		19.2
(66.6) 		20.2
(68.4) 		20.1
(68.2) 		17.8
(64.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 9.6
(49.3) 		9.4
(48.9) 		9.0
(48.2) 		7.2
(45.0) 		4.3
(39.7) 		2.1
(35.8) 		1.9
(35.4) 		3.1
(37.6) 		5.0
(41.0) 		6.8
(44.2) 		8.3
(46.9) 		9.3
(48.7) 		6.3
(43.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 0.2
(32.4) 		0.2
(32.4) 		−0.8
(30.6) 		−4.4
(24.1) 		−8.3
(17.1) 		−11.0
(12.2) 		−11.5
(11.3) 		−10.0
(14.0) 		−7.5
(18.5) 		−5.6
(21.9) 		−3.7
(25.3) 		−1.6
(29.1) 		−5.3
(22.4)
Record low °C (°F) −19.0
(−2.2) 		−13.6
(7.5) 		−14.2
(6.4) 		−17.8
(0.0) 		−21.2
(−6.2) 		−23.8
(−10.8) 		−23.0
(−9.4) 		−23.5
(−10.3) 		−23.0
(−9.4) 		−18.0
(−0.4) 		−20.8
(−5.4) 		−17.4
(0.7) 		−23.8
(−10.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 89.3
(3.52) 		68.5
(2.70) 		52.7
(2.07) 		10.2
(0.40) 		1.8
(0.07) 		2.4
(0.09) 		1.7
(0.07) 		4.9
(0.19) 		2.8
(0.11) 		6.4
(0.25) 		14.6
(0.57) 		40.5
(1.59) 		295.8
(11.63)
Average precipitation days 14.1 12.0 9.9 2.6 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.9 3.1 7.4 54.5
Average relative humidity (%) 49.0 54.3 52.9 42.1 39.7 35.7 35.0 34.3 36.0 36.3 35.1 40.3 40.9
Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[4][5]

References

  1. ^ www.ine.gov.bo Archived October 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine - National Institute of Statistics of Bolivia (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Google Maps - Charaña
  3. ^ OpenStreetMap - Charaña
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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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