Santiváñez Municipality is the second municipal section of the Capinota Province in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. Its seat is Santiváñez.
Santiváñez Municipality | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Santiváñez Municipality Location within Bolivia | |
| Coordinates: 17°34′S 66°14′W / 17.567°S 66.233°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | Cochabamba Department |
| Province | Capinota Province |
| Seat | Santivañez |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Angel Villarroel Loza (2007) |
| • President | Casiano Choque Cartagena (2007) |
| Elevation | 8,500 ft (2,600 m) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 6,402 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Subdivision
editSantiváñez Municipality is divided into seven cantons.
| Canton | Inhabitants (2001)[1] |
|---|---|
| Calera Canton | 32 |
| Caporaya Canton | 620 |
| Caraza Canton | 457 |
| Chojtama Canton | 632 |
| Poquera Canton | 375 |
| Santiváñez Canton | 3.793 |
| Waña Quta Canton | 493 |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Santiváñez, elevation 2,540 m (8,330 ft) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.7 (98.1) |
37.1 (98.8) |
37.8 (100.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
36.7 (98.1) |
37.2 (99.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.1 (97.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
37.2 (99.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.1 (77.2) |
24.1 (75.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.1 (64.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
12.8 (55.0) |
13.8 (56.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
15.9 (60.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
5.4 (41.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
0.3 (32.5) |
0.0 (32.0) |
2.1 (35.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.5 (41.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.2 (28.0) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 140.0 (5.51) |
96.8 (3.81) |
83.5 (3.29) |
18.1 (0.71) |
1.2 (0.05) |
1.6 (0.06) |
1.0 (0.04) |
6.0 (0.24) |
5.2 (0.20) |
15.2 (0.60) |
36.2 (1.43) |
114.3 (4.50) |
519.1 (20.44) |
| Average precipitation days | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 65 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[2] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Estudio Integral, Técnico Económico, Social y Ambiental (TESA) de la Doble Vía Caracollo - Colomi (Oruro-Cochabamba)" (PDF) (in Spanish). Geo Delta Consultores S.R.L. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.