Huarina is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Huarina Municipality,[1][2] one of the four municipalities of the Omasuyos Province. President of Peru Andrés de Santa Cruz was born here.
Huarina Warina | |
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Town | |
 Main square views from Bolivia's National Route 2 | |
  Huarina | |
| Coordinates: 16°12′S 68°38′W / 16.200°S 68.633°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Omasuyos Province |
| Municipality | Huarina Municipality |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 1,308 |
| • Ethnicities | Aymara |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Climate
| Climate data for Huarina (Huarina Cota Cota), elevation 3,838 m (12,592 ft), (1972–2011) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.9 (58.8) | 15.1 (59.2) | 15.3 (59.5) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.2 (59.4) | 14.2 (57.6) | 14.1 (57.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 15.7 (60.3) | 16.5 (61.7) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.1 (61.0) | 15.4 (59.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) | 9.6 (49.3) | 9.4 (48.9) | 8.4 (47.1) | 6.4 (43.5) | 4.9 (40.8) | 4.6 (40.3) | 5.8 (42.4) | 7.3 (45.1) | 8.8 (47.8) | 9.5 (49.1) | 9.8 (49.6) | 7.8 (46.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) | 4.0 (39.2) | 3.5 (38.3) | 1.4 (34.5) | −2.4 (27.7) | −4.3 (24.3) | −5.0 (23.0) | −3.5 (25.7) | −1.1 (30.0) | 1.0 (33.8) | 2.4 (36.3) | 3.4 (38.1) | 0.3 (32.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 137.0 (5.39) | 88.9 (3.50) | 88.4 (3.48) | 36.0 (1.42) | 11.1 (0.44) | 9.4 (0.37) | 6.5 (0.26) | 13.6 (0.54) | 21.3 (0.84) | 41.4 (1.63) | 51.9 (2.04) | 90.9 (3.58) | 596.4 (23.49) |
| Average precipitation days | 18.1 | 13.8 | 12.6 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 12.0 | 90.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74.7 | 74.9 | 74.4 | 69.5 | 57.8 | 57.8 | 56.8 | 56.2 | 59.4 | 61.8 | 64.4 | 69.8 | 64.8 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[3][4] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Huarina (Copancara), elevation 3,814 m (12,513 ft), (1990–2011) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.7 (60.3) | 15.8 (60.4) | 16.2 (61.2) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.1 (59.2) | 15.4 (59.7) | 15.8 (60.4) | 16.2 (61.2) | 16.6 (61.9) | 16.3 (61.3) | 15.8 (60.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) | 9.7 (49.5) | 9.5 (49.1) | 8.8 (47.8) | 6.4 (43.5) | 5.4 (41.7) | 5.2 (41.4) | 6.3 (43.3) | 7.9 (46.2) | 9.1 (48.4) | 9.7 (49.5) | 10.1 (50.2) | 8.2 (46.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) | 3.8 (38.8) | 3.2 (37.8) | 1.5 (34.7) | −3.4 (25.9) | −4.7 (23.5) | −4.6 (23.7) | −2.8 (27.0) | 0.1 (32.2) | 2.0 (35.6) | 2.7 (36.9) | 3.9 (39.0) | 0.5 (32.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 136.6 (5.38) | 91.4 (3.60) | 73.1 (2.88) | 15.8 (0.62) | 5.8 (0.23) | 5.5 (0.22) | 3.9 (0.15) | 11.8 (0.46) | 13.8 (0.54) | 28.2 (1.11) | 38.9 (1.53) | 55.0 (2.17) | 479.8 (18.89) |
| Average precipitation days | 14.9 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 61 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72.7 | 70.6 | 67.8 | 62.2 | 56.1 | 58.4 | 56.5 | 59.8 | 59.0 | 59.8 | 64.7 | 67.6 | 62.9 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[3][5] | |||||||||||||
References
External links
- Gobierno Autónomo Municipal de Huarina – Official site