Cotagaita Valley
20°49′14″S 65°39′10″W / 20.820583°S 65.652850°W
Cotagaita Valley (Spanish: Valle de Cotagaita) is a mesothermal valley in the Bolivian Andes south of the city of Potosí. It is a wine region of Bolivia.[1] The valleys of Cotagaita and Vitichi had together as of 2008 an extimated planted surface of 250 ha of vineyards representing about 10% of the total in Bolivia.[1] To the east the valley connect to the Cinti Valley, another wine-making region with which it forms part of a winemaking macroregion.[2]
Winemaking in Cotagaita Valley faces the challenges of having saline and saline-sodic soils as well as about five days each year of hailing.[2]
The development of winemaking in the valley is thought to be lniked to the demand created by Potosí in the 17th century when it emerged as the largest city in the Americas as result of silver mining in Cerro Rico.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Santiago de Cotagaita (Mosojllajta), elevation 2,620 m (8,600 ft), (1990–2008) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.1 (82.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.3 (90.1) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.1 (91.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.5 (81.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
24.2 (75.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.9 (82.2) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.9 (84.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.1 (53.8) |
9.5 (49.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
9.5 (49.1) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
2.3 (36.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
4.2 (39.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) |
7.2 (45.0) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
4.2 (39.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 100.4 (3.95) |
60.4 (2.38) |
45.8 (1.80) |
5.3 (0.21) |
0.2 (0.01) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.6 (0.06) |
4.9 (0.19) |
10.9 (0.43) |
13.9 (0.55) |
39.9 (1.57) |
283.4 (11.15) |
| Source: Municipal de Cotagaita[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b Antelo Bruno, Luis (2012). "El clima vitícola de las regiones productoras de uvas para de Bolivia". In Tonietto, Jorge; Sotés Ruiz, Vicende; Gómez-Miguel, Vicente D. (eds.). Clima, zonificación y tipicidad del vino en regiones vitivinícolas iberoamericanas (PDF) (in Spanish). Madrid. pp. 99–104.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c Castro San Carlos, Amalia; Villena, Wilmar; Pszczólkowski, Philippo. "Cotagaita y Cintis ¿patrimonializar el espíritu del lugar?" [Cotagaita and Cintis: Patrimonialize the Spirit of the Place?]. RIVAR (in Spanish). 9 (25). doi:10.35588/rivar.v9i25.5423.
- ^ "Plan de Desarollo Municipal de Cotagaita 2009-2013". National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Retrieved 11 June 2024.