Camargo is a small town in the Chuquisaca Department of Bolivia in the South American Andes.
Camargo | |
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  Camargo Location in Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 20°38′25″S 65°12′37″W / 20.64028°S 65.21028°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Chuquisaca Department |
| Province | Nor Cinti Province |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 5,685 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Location
editCamargo is the capital of Nor Cinti Province and is situated in Camargo Municipio, embedded between north-southerly mountain ridges, at an elevation of 2,414 m, on the banks of Río Chico which later becomes Río Pilaya.
Camargo is located 350 km south of the department capital Sucre, along Ruta 1, one of Bolivia's major roads which is 1,215 km long and goes from the Peruvian border in the north to the Argentine border in the south. The Camargo family comes from here.
Population
editThe population of the town has increased by 50% over the past two decades, from 3,789 inhabitants (1992 census) to 4,502 (2001 census) and 5,685 (2008 estimation).[1]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Camargo (San Roque), elevation 2,300 m (7,500 ft), (1975–1999) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.0 (82.4) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.0 (84.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
17.6 (63.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
3.6 (38.5) |
1.2 (34.2) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
8.3 (47.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 59.1 (2.33) |
67.1 (2.64) |
49.4 (1.94) |
5.9 (0.23) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.0 (0.0) |
2.2 (0.09) |
4.5 (0.18) |
15.3 (0.60) |
32.3 (1.27) |
50.7 (2.00) |
286.6 (11.28) |
| Average precipitation days | 8.2 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 37.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 62.1 | 61.6 | 60.5 | 56.3 | 50.3 | 50.0 | 53.4 | 53.5 | 47.6 | 49.8 | 53.7 | 55.6 | 54.5 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "World Gazeteer".[dead link]
- ^ "Base de datos Sistema Meteorológico–SISMET" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Archived from the original on 7 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Retrieved 15 June 2024.