Caracollo
Caracollo Q'araqullu | |
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| Coordinates: 17°38′S 67°13′W / 17.633°S 67.217°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Oruro |
| Province | Cercado Province |
| Municipality | Caracollo |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 4,412 |
| • Ethnicities | Aymara Quechua |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Caracollo (Hispanicized spelling), Q'araqullu or Q'ara Qullu (Aymara q'ara bald, qullu mountain,[1] "bald mountain") is a small town in Bolivia. It is situated in the Cercado Province of the Oruro Department. In 2010 it had an estimated population of 5,429.[2] Located at the place where the highway from La Paz splits into two roads towards Cochabamba and Oruro, the town is a frequent starting point for long marches intended to influence the Bolivian government.
Climate
| Climate data for Caracollo, elevation 3,770 m (12,370 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.8 (80.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.2 (81.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
19.6 (67.3) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.1 (55.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.3 (45.1) |
5.7 (42.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.5 (52.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
13.1 (55.6) |
10.3 (50.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
4.3 (39.7) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
2.5 (36.5) |
4.7 (40.5) |
0.2 (32.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.1 (30.0) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 94.2 (3.71) |
72.0 (2.83) |
56.5 (2.22) |
18.9 (0.74) |
1.6 (0.06) |
3.1 (0.12) |
4.2 (0.17) |
9.0 (0.35) |
27.3 (1.07) |
19.6 (0.77) |
31.3 (1.23) |
65.1 (2.56) |
402.8 (15.83) |
| Average precipitation days | 16 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 87 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
- ^ "World Gazetteer".[dead link]
- ^ "Estudio Integral, Técnico Económico, Social y Ambiental (TESA) de la Doble Vía Caracollo - Colomi (Oruro-Cochabamba)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Geo Delta Consultores S.R.L. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
17°38′13″S 67°13′07″W / 17.6369°S 67.2186°W
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