Llallagua Explained

Official Name:Llallagua
Native Name:Llallawa
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Bolivia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Bolivia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:Potosí Department
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Rafael Bustillo Province
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Llallagua Municipality
Subdivision Type4:Canton
Subdivision Name4:Llallagua Canton
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Tomás Quiróz (Without Fear Movement; elected 2010)
Leader Title1:President
Leader Name1:Maximo Urquieta Mitma (2007)
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2001
Population Total:20065
Timezone:BOT
Utc Offset:-4
Coordinates:-18.4167°N -101°W
Elevation M:3895

Llallagua (in hispanicized spelling) or Llallawa (Aymara for a monstrous potato (like two potatoes) or animal, Quechua for the god of seed-time during the Inca period) is a town in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Llallagua Municipality, the third municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province.

Geography

Llallagua features a rare microclimate amidst the semi-arid tundras of Potosí and Oruro, due to its extreme elevation near 4000m. Semi-arid and with average temperatures in its warmest month sitting right on the 11 °C threshold, the city's climate straddles that of the subtropical highland climate (Cwc, according to the Köppen climate classification), with subpolar oceanic characteristics and a cold semi-arid climate (BSk). Summers are cool and wet with daily highs rarely rising above 22 °C, while winters feature cooler days with much colder nights averaging −4 °C. These low temperatures are a result of the extreme precipitation deficit during the winter months with the resulting aridity leading to an increased diurnal temperature variation.

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