Tinogasta

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Tinogasta
City
Tinogasta is located in Argentina
Tinogasta
Tinogasta
Location of Tinogasta in Argentina
Coordinates: 28°4′S 67°34′W / 28.067°S 67.567°W / -28.067; -67.567Coordinates: 28°4′S 67°34′W / 28.067°S 67.567°W / -28.067; -67.567
Country Argentina
Province Catamarca
DepartmentTinogasta
Government
 • MayorHugo Ávila (Justicialist Party)
Elevation
1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Population
 (2010 census)
 • Total11,485
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)
CPA base
K5340
Dialing code+54 3837

Tinogasta (Spanish pronunciation: [tinoˈɣasta]) is a city in the west of the province of Catamarca, Argentina, on the right-hand shore of the Abaucán River, about 280 km from the provincial capital San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It had about 11,500 inhabitants at the 2010 census [INDEC]. It is the head town of the department of the same name. The name of the city comes from the Kakana words tino ("meeting") and gasta ("town").

Tinogasta is a tourist site. It has access to the mountains for adventure tourism, hot springs, and archaeological museums. The basis of the local economy is agriculture, focused on vine.

Climate[]

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "BSk". (Tropical and Subtropical Steppe Climate).[1]

hideClimate data for Tinogasta (1981–2010, extremes 1961–2016)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 44.0
(111.2) 		44.8
(112.6) 		40.5
(104.9) 		39.2
(102.6) 		37.6
(99.7) 		40.0
(104.0) 		39.2
(102.6) 		38.4
(101.1) 		40.0
(104.0) 		41.5
(106.7) 		42.5
(108.5) 		43.5
(110.3) 		44.8
(112.6)
Average high °C (°F) 33.5
(92.3) 		32.4
(90.3) 		30.9
(87.6) 		26.9
(80.4) 		22.6
(72.7) 		19.9
(67.8) 		19.8
(67.6) 		23.1
(73.6) 		25.7
(78.3) 		30.2
(86.4) 		32.5
(90.5) 		33.9
(93.0) 		27.6
(81.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 25.6
(78.1) 		24.4
(75.9) 		22.9
(73.2) 		18.3
(64.9) 		13.5
(56.3) 		10.3
(50.5) 		10.0
(50.0) 		13.2
(55.8) 		16.2
(61.2) 		21.3
(70.3) 		23.9
(75.0) 		25.9
(78.6) 		18.8
(65.8)
Average low °C (°F) 18.7
(65.7) 		17.3
(63.1) 		16.0
(60.8) 		10.1
(50.2) 		4.5
(40.1) 		0.8
(33.4) 		0.2
(32.4) 		2.5
(36.5) 		5.9
(42.6) 		11.2
(52.2) 		15.1
(59.2) 		17.9
(64.2) 		10.0
(50.0)
Record low °C (°F) 6.1
(43.0) 		4.4
(39.9) 		2.2
(36.0) 		−2.6
(27.3) 		−6.5
(20.3) 		−9.7
(14.5) 		−10.6
(12.9) 		−9.9
(14.2) 		−6.3
(20.7) 		0.0
(32.0) 		2.4
(36.3) 		5.3
(41.5) 		−10.6
(12.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 63
(2.5) 		46
(1.8) 		21
(0.8) 		13
(0.5) 		1
(0.0) 		1
(0.0) 		2
(0.1) 		2
(0.1) 		1
(0.0) 		4
(0.2) 		5
(0.2) 		24
(0.9) 		183
(7.2)
Average precipitation days 9 6 5 2 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.9 0.8 1 2 5 33.2
Average relative humidity (%) 56.9 58.3 60.8 61.6 63.2 60.0 55.4 47.7 47.3 46.5 48.6 51.6 54.8
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (precipitation 1971–1980)[2][3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Climate Summary for Tinogasta
  2. ^ "Datos Estadísticos (Período 1971-1980)" (in Spanish). National Meteorological Service of Argentina. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
  3. ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1981-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Tinogasta". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 4 October 2017.

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