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Pazña Municipality

Coordinates: 18°30′S 66°53′W / 18.500°S 66.883°W / -18.500; -66.883
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Pazña Municipality
Pasña
Municipality
Pazña Municipality is located in Bolivia
Pazña Municipality
Pazña Municipality
Location of the Pazña Municipality within Bolivia
Coordinates: 18°30′S 66°53′W / 18.500°S 66.883°W / -18.500; -66.883
Country Bolivia
DepartmentOruro Department
ProvincePoopó Province
Cantons5: Pazña, Totoral, Peñas, Avicaya, and Urmiri
Incorporated (vice-canton)1904
Incorporated (municipality) -->6 January 1961
SeatPazña
Government
 • Mayor (interim)Gualberto Abad Olmos Leaños (2010)
 • Council PresidentMartin Sabino Quispe Alarcón (2010)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total~7,000
 • Ethnicities
Quechua (Tapacarí and Cóndor Apacheta ayllus) Urus
Time zoneUTC-4 (BOT)

Pazña Municipality is a municipality of the Poopó Province in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Pazña.[1]

Government

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Municipal governments in Bolivia are divided into executive and legislative branches. The Mayor of Pazña is the head of the city government, elected by general election for a term of five years. The Municipal Council is the legislative branch.

The current mayor of Pazña is Gualberto Abad Olmos Leaños of the National Unity Front, who took office in June 2010 following the resignation of Víctor Centeno (of the Movement for Socialism). A new mayor will be selected in a special election expected to be held in 2011.

Subdivision

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The municipality used to be divided into five cantons.[1]

Languages

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The languages spoken in the Pazña Municipality are mainly Quechua, Spanish and Urus.[1]

Climate

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Climate data for Pazña, elevation 3,710 m (12,170 ft)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 20.9
(69.6)
19.9
(67.8)
20.5
(68.9)
20.0
(68.0)
17.2
(63.0)
15.4
(59.7)
15.6
(60.1)
17.7
(63.9)
19.6
(67.3)
21.6
(70.9)
22.9
(73.2)
22.1
(71.8)
19.5
(67.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 12.2
(54.0)
11.8
(53.2)
11.2
(52.2)
9.0
(48.2)
5.2
(41.4)
3.1
(37.6)
3.3
(37.9)
5.5
(41.9)
8.0
(46.4)
9.5
(49.1)
11.4
(52.5)
12.1
(53.8)
8.5
(47.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 3.5
(38.3)
3.7
(38.7)
2.0
(35.6)
−2.1
(28.2)
−6.8
(19.8)
−9.1
(15.6)
−9.2
(15.4)
−6.8
(19.8)
−3.6
(25.5)
−2.7
(27.1)
−0.2
(31.6)
2.1
(35.8)
−2.4
(27.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 121
(4.8)
126
(5.0)
94
(3.7)
17
(0.7)
3
(0.1)
1
(0.0)
2
(0.1)
12
(0.5)
24
(0.9)
21
(0.8)
30
(1.2)
85
(3.3)
536
(21.1)
Source: Plataforma digital única del Estado Peruano[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Alandia Atahuichy, Elsa (2011-01-06). "Bodas de Oro del Municipio de Pazña". La Patria. Oruro. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
  2. ^ "PLAN DIRECTOR GLOBAL BINACIONAL DE PROTECCION - PREVENCION DE INUNDACIONES V APROVECHAMIENTO DE LOS RECURSOS DEL LAGO TITICACA, RIO DESAGUADERO, LAGO POOPO V LAGO SALAR E COIPASA (SISTEMA T.D.P.S.) ESTUDIO DE CLIMATOLOGIA" (PDF). The European Commission (EC). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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