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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)[1][2] 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.
Llallagua Llallawa | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 18°25′S 66°35′W / 18.417°S 66.583°W | |
Country | Bolivia |
Department | Potosí Department |
Province | Rafael Bustillo Province |
Municipality | Llallagua Municipality |
Canton | Llallagua Canton |
Government | |
• Mayor | Tomás Quiróz (Without Fear Movement; elected 2010) |
• President | Maximo Urquieta Mitma (2007) |
Elevation | 12,779 ft (3,895 m) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 20,065 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Geography edit
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 data for Llallagua, Bolivia (2000−2012) | |||||||||||||
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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 (63) | 16 (61) | 17 (63) | 15 (59) | 15 (59) | 14 (57) | 15 (59) | 16 (61) | 18 (64) | 19 (66) | 18 (64) | 19 (66) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 9 (48) | 9 (48) | 9 (48) | 8.5 (47.3) | 6.5 (43.7) | 5.5 (41.9) | 5 (41) | 6 (43) | 6.5 (43.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 10 (50) | 10 (50) | 7.9 (46.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3 (37) | 3 (37) | 2 (36) | 0 (32) | −2 (28) | −3 (27) | −4 (25) | −3 (27) | −1 (30) | 1 (34) | 2 (36) | 3 (37) | 0.1 (32.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 153.0 (6.02) | 125.2 (4.93) | 72.7 (2.86) | 20.5 (0.81) | 2.7 (0.11) | 2.3 (0.09) | 3.8 (0.15) | 6.4 (0.25) | 14.0 (0.55) | 23.3 (0.92) | 36.7 (1.44) | 98.4 (3.87) | 559.0 (22.01) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 17 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 80 |
Mean daily sunshine hours | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7.75 |
Source: SENAMHI[3] |
Gallery edit
- Simon I Patiño Theatre
- Metavauxite, a rare member of the vauxite group. Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bolivia. Size: 4.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm.
References edit
- ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ "SISMET". SENAMHI. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
External links edit
Media related to Llallagua at Wikimedia Commons