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Mineros, Bolivia

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Mineros
City
Mineros is located in Bolivia
Mineros
Mineros
Location in Bolivia.
Coordinates: 17°07′04″S 63°13′59″W / 17.11778°S 63.23306°W / -17.11778; -63.23306
Country Bolivia
Department Santa Cruz Department
ProvinceObispo Santistevan Province
MunicipalityMineros Municipality
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total18,340
Time zoneUTC-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.[2]

Population

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Year Population Source
1976 6,184 Census of 1976[3]
1992 11,181 Census of 1992[4]
2001 13,283 Census of 2001[5]
2012 18,340 Census of 2012[6]

Climate

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Climate data for Mineros, elevation 245 m (804 ft), (1979–2013)
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[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2012), Atlas Estadístico de Municipios (in Spanish), archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 25 December 2014
  2. ^ INE-Sozialdaten 2001 Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine (PDF; 12,2 MB)
  3. ^ Thomas Brinkhoff: City Population: Mineros (Obispo Santistevan, Santa Cruz)
  4. ^ INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 Archived 23 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "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 15 June 2024.
  8. ^ "índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Retrieved 15 June 2024.