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Mineros
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 Mineros, Bolivia
Location in Bolivia
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| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department |  Santa Cruz Department |
| Province | Obispo Santistevan Province |
| Municipality | Mineros Municipality |
| Population
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| • Total | 18,340 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (BOT) |
Mineros is a city of Bolivia, capital of the Mineros Municipality of the Santa Cruz Department, 83 km north of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Due to the policy of the 1960s that forced the indigenous people of the Altiplano to immigrate, 23.3% of the population knows how to speak Quechua.
Population
| Year | Population | Source |
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| 1976 | 6,184 | Census of 1976 |
| 1992 | 11,181 | Census of 1992 |
| 2001 | 13,283 | Census of 2001 |
| 2012 | 18,340 | Census of 2012 |
Climate
| Climate data for Mineros, elevation 245 m (804 ft), (1979–2013) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 41.0 (105.8) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.0 (102.2) |
37.2 (99.0) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
41.0 (105.8) |
40.0 (104.0) |
41.5 (106.7) |
40.0 (104.0) |
41.5 (106.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.8 (91.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.2 (90.0) |
30.9 (87.6) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.3 (81.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
16.6 (61.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
18.6 (65.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
6.0 (42.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
4.5 (40.1) |
6.1 (43.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.0 (53.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 230.1 (9.06) |
187.9 (7.40) |
136.0 (5.35) |
102.9 (4.05) |
85.2 (3.35) |
80.4 (3.17) |
41.8 (1.65) |
47.4 (1.87) |
73.2 (2.88) |
104.6 (4.12) |
185.6 (7.31) |
210.4 (8.28) |
1,485.5 (58.49) |
| Average precipitation days | 14.1 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 13.4 | 107.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77.4 | 77.2 | 76.1 | 72.1 | 70.8 | 69.9 | 66.2 | 63.8 | 63.7 | 66.0 | 69.0 | 76.2 | 70.7 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia | |||||||||||||
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