Charaña
Town in La Paz Department, Bolivia
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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.
Charaña | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Charaña Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 17°35′31″S 69°26′44″W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Pacajes Province |
| Municipality | Charaña Municipality |
| Elevation | 13,310 ft (4,060 m) |
| Population (2001)[1] | |
• Total | 817 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
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, elevation 4,057 m (13,310 ft) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.3 (79.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.4 (77.7) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.7 (85.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
19.2 (66.6) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.8 (64.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
7.2 (45.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
1.9 (35.4) |
3.1 (37.6) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.8 (44.2) |
8.3 (46.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
6.3 (43.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−5.3 (22.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.0 (−2.2) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−14.2 (6.4) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−21.2 (−6.2) |
−23.8 (−10.8) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−23.8 (−10.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 89.3 (3.52) |
68.5 (2.70) |
52.7 (2.07) |
10.2 (0.40) |
1.8 (0.07) |
2.4 (0.09) |
1.7 (0.07) |
4.9 (0.19) |
2.8 (0.11) |
6.4 (0.25) |
14.6 (0.57) |
40.5 (1.59) |
295.8 (11.63) |
| Average precipitation days | 14.1 | 12.0 | 9.9 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 7.4 | 54.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 49.0 | 54.3 | 52.9 | 42.1 | 39.7 | 35.7 | 35.0 | 34.3 | 36.0 | 36.3 | 35.1 | 40.3 | 40.9 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[4][5] | |||||||||||||