Pocona (Quechua: Puquna) is a location in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Pocona Municipality, the third municipal section of the Carrasco Province. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 244.[1]
Pocona
Puquna | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Pocona Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 17°40′31″S 65°24′21″W / 17.67528°S 65.40583°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Cochabamba Department |
| Province | Carrasco Province |
| Municipality | Pocona Municipality |
| Canton | Pocona Canton |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carlos Rodriguez Peredo (2008) |
| • President | Felix Guardia (2008) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 244 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Pocona, elevation 2,658 m (8,720 ft) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
18.6 (65.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
14.5 (58.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
10.9 (51.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
13.4 (56.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
15.9 (60.6) |
13.7 (56.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
4.6 (40.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
7.1 (44.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 195.2 (7.69) |
158.6 (6.24) |
122.6 (4.83) |
37.2 (1.46) |
6.2 (0.24) |
1.6 (0.06) |
4.6 (0.18) |
5.7 (0.22) |
12.3 (0.48) |
38.9 (1.53) |
78.9 (3.11) |
151.8 (5.98) |
813.6 (32.02) |
| Average precipitation days | 12.9 | 12.3 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 10.8 | 63.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 68.1 | 66.6 | 66.6 | 63.3 | 51.7 | 44.3 | 39.2 | 43.3 | 48.3 | 54.2 | 62.6 | 62.5 | 55.9 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[2][3] | |||||||||||||
Places of interest
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE) Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "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 13 June 2024.
- ^ "índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Retrieved 13 June 2024.