Caracollo
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Town in Oruro, Bolivia
Caracollo Q'araqullu | |
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Coordinates: 17°38′S 67°13′W / 17.633°S 67.217°W / -17.633; -67.217 | |
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.
- National Institute of Statistics in Bolivia
17°38′13″S 67°13′07″W / 17.6369°S 67.2186°W / -17.6369; -67.2186
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Oruro Department
Capital: Oruro
- Andamarca (Andamarca)
- Antequera (Antequera)
- Belén de Andamarca (Belén de Andamarca)
- Caracollo (Caracollo)
- Carangas (Carangas)
- Challapata (Challapata)
- Chipaya (Chipaya)
- Choquecota (Choquecota)
- Coipasa (Coipasa)
- Corque (Corque)
- Cruz de Machacamarca (Machacamarca)
- Curahuara de Carangas (Curahuara de Carangas)
- El Choro (El Choro)
- Escara (Escara)
- Esmeralda (Esmeralda)
- Eucaliptus (Eucaliptus)
- Huachacalla (Huachacalla)
- Huayllamarca (Huayllamarca)
- La Rivera (La Rivera)
- Machacamarca (Machacamarca)
- Oruro (Oruro)
- Pampa Aullagas (Pampa Aullagas)
- Paria (Soracachi)
- Pazña (Pazña)
- Sabaya (Sabaya)
- Salinas de Garci Mendoza (Salinas de Garci Mendoza)
- Santiago de Huari (Santiago de Huari)
- Santuario de Quillacas (Santuario de Quillacas)
- Todos Santos (Todos Santos)
- Toledo (Toledo)
- Totora (Totora)
- Turco (Turco)
- Huanuni (Huanuni)
- Poopó (Poopó)
- Yunguyo del Litoral (Yunguyo)
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