Tinogasta
Tinogasta | |
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Coordinates: 28°4′S 67°34′W / 28.067°S 67.567°W | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Department | Tinogasta |
Government | |
• Mayor | Hugo Ávila (Justicialist Party) |
Elevation | 1,500 m (4,900 ft) |
Population (2010 census) | |
• Total | 11,485 |
Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
CPA base | K5340 |
Dialing code | +54 3837 |
Tinogasta (Spanish pronunciation: [tinoˈɣasta]) is a city in the west of the province of Catamarca, Argentina, on the right-hand shore of the Abaucán River, about 280 km from the provincial capital San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It had about 11,500 inhabitants at the 2010 census [INDEC]. It is the head town of the department of the same name. The name of the city comes from the Kakana words tino ("meeting") and gasta ("town").
Tinogasta is a tourist site. It has access to the mountains for adventure tourism, hot springs, and archaeological museums. The basis of the local economy is agriculture, focused on vine.
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is BWh (hot arid climate).[1]
Climate data for Tinogasta (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 44.0 (111.2) | 44.8 (112.6) | 42.0 (107.6) | 39.2 (102.6) | 37.6 (99.7) | 40.0 (104.0) | 39.2 (102.6) | 38.4 (101.1) | 40.0 (104.0) | 41.5 (106.7) | 42.5 (108.5) | 43.5 (110.3) | 44.8 (112.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.8 (92.8) | 32.5 (90.5) | 31.0 (87.8) | 27.2 (81.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.0 (68.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 26.5 (79.7) | 30.2 (86.4) | 32.6 (90.7) | 34.2 (93.6) | 27.9 (82.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.9 (78.6) | 24.7 (76.5) | 22.9 (73.2) | 18.8 (65.8) | 14.0 (57.2) | 11.0 (51.8) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.7 (56.7) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 24.2 (75.6) | 26.2 (79.2) | 19.2 (66.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 15.7 (60.3) | 10.5 (50.9) | 5.1 (41.2) | 1.4 (34.5) | 0.2 (32.4) | 2.7 (36.9) | 6.5 (43.7) | 11.4 (52.5) | 15.3 (59.5) | 18.0 (64.4) | 10.3 (50.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) | 4.4 (39.9) | 2.2 (36.0) | −2.6 (27.3) | −6.5 (20.3) | −9.7 (14.5) | −10.6 (12.9) | −9.9 (14.2) | −6.3 (20.7) | 0.0 (32.0) | 2.4 (36.3) | 5.3 (41.5) | −10.6 (12.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 37.4 (1.47) | 27.0 (1.06) | 17.9 (0.70) | 6.2 (0.24) | 3.1 (0.12) | 2.5 (0.10) | 2.0 (0.08) | 1.2 (0.05) | 1.5 (0.06) | 4.9 (0.19) | 8.0 (0.31) | 21.3 (0.84) | 133.0 (5.24) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.0 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 23.9 |
Average snowy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 55.5 | 58.2 | 59.9 | 61.1 | 62.7 | 57.8 | 53.8 | 46.0 | 45.2 | 46.3 | 48.1 | 49.5 | 53.7 |
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[2][3][4][5][6] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Climate Summary for Tinogasta". Weatherbase.
- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1991-2020" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. 2023. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Estadística climatológica de la República Argentina Período 1991-2000" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Tinogasta". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "87211: Tinogasta (Argentina)". ogimet.com. OGIMET. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)
- Departamento Tinogasta
- WelcomeArgentina.com