Huarina
Town in La Paz Department, Bolivia
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Huarina is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Huarina Municipality,[1][2] one of the four municipalities of the Omasuyos Province. President of Peru Andrés de Santa Cruz was born here.
Huarina
Warina | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Main square views from Bolivia's National Route 2 | |
  Huarina | |
| Coordinates: 16°12′S 68°38′W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Omasuyos Province |
| Municipality | Huarina Municipality |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 1,308 |
| • Ethnicities | Aymara |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Climate
| Climate data for Huarina (Huarina Cota Cota), elevation 3,838 m (12,592 ft), (1972–2011) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.9 (58.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.2 (57.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
8.4 (47.1) |
6.4 (43.5) |
4.9 (40.8) |
4.6 (40.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
7.3 (45.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
9.5 (49.1) |
9.8 (49.6) |
7.8 (46.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
4.0 (39.2) |
3.5 (38.3) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
2.4 (36.3) |
3.4 (38.1) |
0.3 (32.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 137.0 (5.39) |
88.9 (3.50) |
88.4 (3.48) |
36.0 (1.42) |
11.1 (0.44) |
9.4 (0.37) |
6.5 (0.26) |
13.6 (0.54) |
21.3 (0.84) |
41.4 (1.63) |
51.9 (2.04) |
90.9 (3.58) |
596.4 (23.49) |
| Average precipitation days | 18.1 | 13.8 | 12.6 | 6.8 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 12.0 | 90.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74.7 | 74.9 | 74.4 | 69.5 | 57.8 | 57.8 | 56.8 | 56.2 | 59.4 | 61.8 | 64.4 | 69.8 | 64.8 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[3][4] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Huarina (Copancara), elevation 3,814 m (12,513 ft), (1990–2011) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
15.8 (60.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
6.4 (43.5) |
5.4 (41.7) |
5.2 (41.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
9.7 (49.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
8.2 (46.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.3 (39.7) |
3.8 (38.8) |
3.2 (37.8) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
0.1 (32.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
2.7 (36.9) |
3.9 (39.0) |
0.5 (32.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 136.6 (5.38) |
91.4 (3.60) |
73.1 (2.88) |
15.8 (0.62) |
5.8 (0.23) |
5.5 (0.22) |
3.9 (0.15) |
11.8 (0.46) |
13.8 (0.54) |
28.2 (1.11) |
38.9 (1.53) |
55.0 (2.17) |
479.8 (18.89) |
| Average precipitation days | 14.9 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 61 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72.7 | 70.6 | 67.8 | 62.2 | 56.1 | 58.4 | 56.5 | 59.8 | 59.0 | 59.8 | 64.7 | 67.6 | 62.9 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[5][6] | |||||||||||||