Pazña Municipality is a municipality of the Poopó Province in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Pazña.[1]
Pazña Municipality
Pasña | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Pazña Municipality Location of the Pazña Municipality within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 18°30′S 66°53′W / 18.500°S 66.883°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Oruro Department |
| Province | Poopó Province |
| Cantons | 5: Pazña, Totoral, Peñas, Avicaya, and Urmiri |
| Incorporated (vice-canton) | 1904 |
| Incorporated (municipality) --> | 6 January 1961 |
| Seat | Pazña |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (interim) | Gualberto Abad Olmos Leaños (2010) |
| • Council President | Martin Sabino Quispe Alarcón (2010) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | ~7,000 |
| • Ethnicities | Quechua (Tapacarí and Cóndor Apacheta ayllus) Urus |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Government
editMunicipal governments in Bolivia are divided into executive and legislative branches. The Mayor of Pazña is the head of the city government, elected by general election for a term of five years. The Municipal Council is the legislative branch.
The current mayor of Pazña is Gualberto Abad Olmos Leaños of the National Unity Front, who took office in June 2010 following the resignation of Víctor Centeno (of the Movement for Socialism). A new mayor will be selected in a special election expected to be held in 2011.
Subdivision
editLanguages
editThe languages spoken in the Pazña Municipality are mainly Quechua, Spanish and Urus.[1]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Pazña, elevation 3,710 m (12,170 ft) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.9 (69.6) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.5 (67.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) |
11.8 (53.2) |
11.2 (52.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.2 (41.4) |
3.1 (37.6) |
3.3 (37.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) |
3.7 (38.7) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−2.4 (27.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 121 (4.8) |
126 (5.0) |
94 (3.7) |
17 (0.7) |
3 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
12 (0.5) |
24 (0.9) |
21 (0.8) |
30 (1.2) |
85 (3.3) |
536 (21.1) |
| Source: Plataforma digital única del Estado Peruano[2] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c Alandia Atahuichy, Elsa (2011-01-06). "Bodas de Oro del Municipio de Pazña". La Patria. Oruro. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
- ^ "PLAN DIRECTOR GLOBAL BINACIONAL DE PROTECCION - PREVENCION DE INUNDACIONES V APROVECHAMIENTO DE LOS RECURSOS DEL LAGO TITICACA, RIO DESAGUADERO, LAGO POOPO V LAGO SALAR E COIPASA (SISTEMA T.D.P.S.) ESTUDIO DE CLIMATOLOGIA" (PDF). The European Commission (EC). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.