Palca, Bolivia is a location in the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Palca Municipality, the first municipal section of the Pedro Domingo Murillo Province.
Palca, Bolivia | |
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Town | |
  Palca, Bolivia Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 16°34′00″S 67°57′00″W / 16.56667°S 67.95000°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department |
| Province | Pedro Domingo Murillo Province |
| Municipality | Palca Municipality |
| Elevation | 3,465 m (11,368 ft) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 1,180 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
| Climate | Cwb |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Palca, elevation 3,333 m (10,935 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.9 (67.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
8.3 (46.9) |
6.5 (43.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
1.5 (34.7) |
0.9 (33.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
4.4 (39.9) |
6.3 (43.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.6 (42.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 119 (4.7) |
88 (3.5) |
50 (2.0) |
17 (0.7) |
5 (0.2) |
4 (0.2) |
11 (0.4) |
11 (0.4) |
21 (0.8) |
31 (1.2) |
35 (1.4) |
67 (2.6) |
459 (18.1) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[1] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "anexos atlas climatico" (PDF). National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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