Palca, Bolivia
Palca, Bolivia | |
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Town | |
Palca, Bolivia Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 16°34′00″S 67°57′00″W / 16.56667°S 67.95000°W | |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Pedro Domingo Murillo Province |
| Municipality | Palca Municipality |
| Elevation | 3,465 m (11,368 ft) |
| Population (2013) | |
• Total | 1,180 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
| Climate | Cwb |
Palca, Bolivia is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Palca Municipality, the first municipal section of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province.
Geography
Palca lies on the edge of the Quimsa Cruz mountain range, part of the Bolivian Cordillera Real. The region's climate is typically diurnal, with daily temperature fluctuations more pronounced than the average seasonal temperature differences.
Climate
| Climate data for Palca, elevation 3,333 m (10,935 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.9 (67.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
8.3 (46.9) |
6.5 (43.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
1.5 (34.7) |
0.9 (33.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
4.4 (39.9) |
6.3 (43.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.6 (42.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 119 (4.7) |
88 (3.5) |
50 (2.0) |
17 (0.7) |
5 (0.2) |
4 (0.2) |
11 (0.4) |
11 (0.4) |
21 (0.8) |
31 (1.2) |
35 (1.4) |
67 (2.6) |
459 (18.1) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[1] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "anexos atlas climatico" (PDF). National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Retrieved 13 June 2024.