Tinogasta
Tinogasta | |
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  Tinogasta Location of Tinogasta in Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 28°4′S 67°34′W / 28.067°S 67.567°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Catamarca |
| 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
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- ^ "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
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