Charaña

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Charaña
Town
Charaña is located in Bolivia
Charaña
Charaña
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°36′S 69°27′W / 17.600°S 69.450°W / -17.600; -69.450Coordinates: 17°36′S 69°27′W / 17.600°S 69.450°W / -17.600; -69.450
Country Bolivia
DepartmentLa Paz Department
ProvincePacajes Province
MunicipalityCharaña Municipality
Elevation
13,310 ft (4,060 m)
Population
 (2001)[1]
 • Total817
Time 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[]

hideClimate data for Charaña 4057 m asl (1981–2010 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 25.0
(77.0) 		24.4
(75.9) 		25.2
(77.4) 		27.5
(81.5) 		21.5
(70.7) 		21.4
(70.5) 		19.8
(67.6) 		23.0
(73.4) 		27.7
(81.9) 		28.8
(83.8) 		30.4
(86.7) 		29.4
(84.9) 		30.4
(86.7)
Average high °C (°F) 19.2
(66.6) 		19.2
(66.6) 		19.5
(67.1) 		18.9
(66.0) 		16.9
(62.4) 		15.1
(59.2) 		14.9
(58.8) 		16.5
(61.7) 		17.8
(64.0) 		19.7
(67.5) 		20.6
(69.1) 		20.6
(69.1) 		18.2
(64.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 10.6
(51.1) 		10.2
(50.4) 		9.8
(49.6) 		8.1
(46.6) 		5.1
(41.2) 		3.1
(37.6) 		3.0
(37.4) 		3.4
(38.1) 		6.4
(43.5) 		8.0
(46.4) 		9.2
(48.6) 		10.3
(50.5) 		7.3
(45.1)
Average low °C (°F) 1.6
(34.9) 		0.8
(33.4) 		0.3
(32.5) 		−2.6
(27.3) 		−6.7
(19.9) 		−8.5
(16.7) 		−8.7
(16.3) 		−7.6
(18.3) 		−5.2
(22.6) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		−1.7
(28.9) 		0.0
(32.0) 		−3.5
(25.7)
Record low °C (°F) −6.7
(19.9) 		−8
(18) 		−7.8
(18.0) 		−10.6
(12.9) 		−16.4
(2.5) 		−16
(3) 		−18
(0) 		−17
(1) 		−15.4
(4.3) 		−11.8
(10.8) 		−10.8
(12.6) 		−11
(12) 		−18
(0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 133.1
(5.24) 		122.7
(4.83) 		119.7
(4.71) 		30.5
(1.20) 		13.2
(0.52) 		4.4
(0.17) 		9.6
(0.38) 		3.5
(0.14) 		3.9
(0.15) 		18.8
(0.74) 		25.4
(1.00) 		64.8
(2.55) 		549.6
(21.63)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) 22.21 19.88 20.11 13.43 8.45 4.29 13.78 10.94 9.38 14.47 16.03 20.10 173.07
Source 1: Météo climat stats[4]
Source 2: Météo Climat [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. ^ "Moyennes 1981-2010 Bolivie" (in French). Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Météo Climat stats for Charana". Météo Climat. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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