Poopó (town)
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Poopó | |
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| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Oruro Department |
| Province | Poopó Province |
| Municipality | Poopó Municipality |
| Canton | Poopó Canton |
| Elevation | 12,329 ft (3,758 m) |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
• Total | 3,618 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Poopó is a Bolivian town, capital of the province of Poopó, in the department of Oruro. Emma Heberlein is the mayor.
The economy is dominated by the mining industry. There are several underground mines few kilometers north from the town. A processing plant is located in the west.
Climate
[edit | edit source]| Climate data for Poopó (Pazña), elevation 3,710 m (12,170 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | edit source]- ^ Citypopulation.de Statistics of the Oruro Department. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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External links
[edit | edit source]Capital: Oruro | ||
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