Mineros, Bolivia
Mineros | |
|---|---|
City | |
  Mineros Location in Bolivia. | |
| Coordinates: 17°07′04″S 63°13′59″W / 17.11778°S 63.23306°W | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department |  Santa Cruz Department |
| Province | Obispo Santistevan Province |
| Municipality | Mineros Municipality |
| Population (2012)[1] | |
| • 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.[2]
Population
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (2012), Atlas Estadístico de Municipios (in Spanish), archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 25 December 2014
- ^ INE-Sozialdaten 2001 Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine (PDF; 12,2 MB)
- ^ Thomas Brinkhoff: City Population: Mineros (Obispo Santistevan, Santa Cruz)
- ^ INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992 Archived 23 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001 Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ INE – Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "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.
- ^ "índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Retrieved 15 June 2024.