Chaguaya
Town in La Paz Department, Bolivia
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Chaguaya is a small town in Bolivia. In 2009 it had an estimated population of 858.[1]
Chaguaya | |
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Town | |
 Interactive map of Chaguaya | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Eliodoro Camacho Province |
| Municipality | Puerto Carabuco Municipality |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
History
There was a large zinc mine in Chaguaya, owned by german bolivian businessman Moritz Hochschild until 1952. In 1986 the mine was closed.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Cañas, Tarija, elevation 2,030 m (6,660 ft), (1977–2015) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.0 (77.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.7 (76.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.7 (65.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
14.3 (57.7) |
13.5 (56.3) |
13.1 (55.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
17.0 (62.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
5.8 (42.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
5.0 (41.0) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
9.4 (48.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 163.0 (6.42) |
144.8 (5.70) |
132.8 (5.23) |
33.6 (1.32) |
3.4 (0.13) |
0.5 (0.02) |
0.5 (0.02) |
3.6 (0.14) |
11.2 (0.44) |
54.4 (2.14) |
80.7 (3.18) |
126.2 (4.97) |
754.7 (29.71) |
| Average precipitation days | 15.6 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 10.2 | 13 | 84.5 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[3][4] | |||||||||||||