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Charaña
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Charaña is located in Bolivia
Charaña
Charaña
Location in Bolivia
Country  Bolivia
Department La Paz Department
Province Pacajes Province
Municipality Charaña Municipality
Elevation
13,310 ft (4,060 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total 817
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)

Charaña is a high elevation town in the altiplano of the La Paz Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Charaña Municipality, the fifth municipal section of the Pacajes Province.

Charaña is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the border with Chile.

History

Charaña was the scene of the famous meeting between President Augusto Pinochet of Chile and Hugo Banzer on 8 February 1975 when they signed a Joint Declaration (Charaña Act), which restored diplomatic relations between the two countries which were broken since April 1962.

Climate

Climate data for Charaña, elevation 4,057 m (13,310 ft)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 26.3
(79.3)
25.2
(77.4)
25.0
(77.0)
25.0
(77.0)
22.2
(72.0)
21.4
(70.5)
22.0
(71.6)
23.0
(73.4)
23.2
(73.8)
24.8
(76.6)
25.4
(77.7)
29.7
(85.5)
29.7
(85.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 18.5
(65.3)
18.4
(65.1)
18.6
(65.5)
18.4
(65.1)
16.7
(62.1)
15.0
(59.0)
15.0
(59.0)
16.0
(60.8)
17.3
(63.1)
19.2
(66.6)
20.2
(68.4)
20.1
(68.2)
17.8
(64.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 9.6
(49.3)
9.4
(48.9)
9.0
(48.2)
7.2
(45.0)
4.3
(39.7)
2.1
(35.8)
1.9
(35.4)
3.1
(37.6)
5.0
(41.0)
6.8
(44.2)
8.3
(46.9)
9.3
(48.7)
6.3
(43.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 0.2
(32.4)
0.2
(32.4)
−0.8
(30.6)
−4.4
(24.1)
−8.3
(17.1)
−11.0
(12.2)
−11.5
(11.3)
−10.0
(14.0)
−7.5
(18.5)
−5.6
(21.9)
−3.7
(25.3)
−1.6
(29.1)
−5.3
(22.4)
Record low °C (°F) −19.0
(−2.2)
−13.6
(7.5)
−14.2
(6.4)
−17.8
(0.0)
−21.2
(−6.2)
−23.8
(−10.8)
−23.0
(−9.4)
−23.5
(−10.3)
−23.0
(−9.4)
−18.0
(−0.4)
−20.8
(−5.4)
−17.4
(0.7)
−23.8
(−10.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 89.3
(3.52)
68.5
(2.70)
52.7
(2.07)
10.2
(0.40)
1.8
(0.07)
2.4
(0.09)
1.7
(0.07)
4.9
(0.19)
2.8
(0.11)
6.4
(0.25)
14.6
(0.57)
40.5
(1.59)
295.8
(11.63)
Average precipitation days 14.1 12.0 9.9 2.6 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.8 1.1 1.9 3.1 7.4 54.5
Average relative humidity (%) 49.0 54.3 52.9 42.1 39.7 35.7 35.0 34.3 36.0 36.3 35.1 40.3 40.9
Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia
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