Charaña

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Charaña
Town
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Charaña
Location within Bolivia
Coordinates: 17°35′31″S69°26′44″W / 17.59194°S 69.44556°W / -17.59194; -69.44556 Coordinates: 17°35′31″S69°26′44″W / 17.59194°S 69.44556°W / -17.59194; -69.44556
CountryBandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Pacajes Province
Municipality Charaña Municipality
Elevation
13,310 ft (4,060 m)
Population
 (2001) [1]
  Total817
Time zone UTC-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.

Contents

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

Climate data for Charaña 4057 m asl (1981–2010 normals)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
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)22.2119.8820.1113.438.454.2913.7810.949.3814.4716.0320.10173.07
Source 1: Météo climat stats [4]
Source 2: Météo Climat [5]

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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.