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Salinas de Garci Mendoza
Municipal building and church at the main square
Municipal building and church at the main square
Salinas de Garci Mendoza is located in Bolivia
Salinas de Garci Mendoza
Salinas de Garci Mendoza
Location in Bolivia
Country Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Department Flag of Oruro.svg Oruro Department
Province Ladislao Cabrera Province
Elevation
12,244 ft (3,732 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total 584
Time zone UTC-4 (BOT)
Crater de Jayu Kuta o Jayu Quta, Altiplano de Bolivia
Jayu Quta, Villa Esperanza

Salinas de Garci Mendoza (formerly: Salinas de Thunupa) is a town in the Bolivian Oruro Department. It is the administrative center of Ladislao Cabrera Province and is located 280 km (170 mi) south-west of Oruro, the capital of the department. It is situated at an elevation of 3,732 m (12,244 ft) at Caricha (4,227 m or 13,868 ft), 20 km north of the Tunupa stratovolcano. Salar de Coipasa,a salt lake, is 20 km north-west of Salinas de Garci Mendoza, and 15 km in south-eastern direction is Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt pan. Salinas de Garci Mendoza is the endpoint of the road from Chuquichamba via Andamarca and Aroma to Salinas de Garci Mendoza.

Salinas de Garci Mendoza bears the title "Capital of Quinoa" because of the intensive cultivation of the quinoa crop in this area.

Climate

Climate data for Salinas de Garci Mendoza, elevation 3,860 m (12,660 ft)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 22.1
(71.8)
21.5
(70.7)
21.0
(69.8)
20.1
(68.2)
16.9
(62.4)
14.5
(58.1)
14.7
(58.5)
15.9
(60.6)
18.3
(64.9)
21.1
(70.0)
22.7
(72.9)
22.9
(73.2)
19.3
(66.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 13.2
(55.8)
12.5
(54.5)
11.9
(53.4)
9.6
(49.3)
6.2
(43.2)
3.8
(38.8)
3.7
(38.7)
5.0
(41.0)
7.6
(45.7)
9.9
(49.8)
11.7
(53.1)
13.1
(55.6)
9.0
(48.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 4.3
(39.7)
3.4
(38.1)
2.7
(36.9)
−0.8
(30.6)
−4.5
(23.9)
−6.0
(21.2)
−6.9
(19.6)
−5.7
(21.7)
−3.1
(26.4)
−1.4
(29.5)
0.6
(33.1)
3.4
(38.1)
−1.2
(29.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 89.1
(3.51)
27.1
(1.07)
46.6
(1.83)
0.0
(0.0)
1.9
(0.07)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
2.5
(0.10)
0.0
(0.0)
7.2
(0.28)
5.0
(0.20)
34.3
(1.35)
213.7
(8.41)
Average precipitation days 9.2 3.3 5.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.4 1.2 4.8 25.3
Average relative humidity (%) 55.3 56.7 58.3 56.4 56.0 53.6 45.7 47.0 50.8 50.2 51.2 51.0 52.7
Source 1: Plataforma digital única del Estado Peruano
Source 2: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia (precipitation and humidity 1991–2011)
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