El Aguilar
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El Aguilar | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 23°13′03″S 65°40′47″W / 23.21750°S 65.67972°W | |
Country | Argentina |
Province | Jujuy Province |
Elevation | 3,980 m (13,060 ft) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 3,655 |
Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
Area code | 03887 |
El Aguilar is a company mining town and municipality in Jujuy Province in Argentina.[1] At 3,980 metres (13,060 ft), it is one of the highest settlements in the country after Mina Pirquitas which is at 4,160 metres (13,650 ft). It has 3655 inhabitants (2001 census).
Climate
[edit]El Aguilar has an alpine climate (Köppen ETH) with two distinct seasons. There is a relatively mild wet season from December to March and a bone-dry dry season with frigid mornings from April to November.
Climate data for El Aguilar (1969-1988) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
6.3 (43.3) |
5.9 (42.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
0.5 (32.9) |
2.0 (35.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
5.3 (41.5) |
5.8 (42.4) |
3.2 (37.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 106 (4.2) |
96 (3.8) |
53 (2.1) |
5 (0.2) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
9 (0.4) |
24 (0.9) |
66 (2.6) |
364 (14.3) |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria[2] |
References
[edit]- ^ Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish)
- ^ "Estadísticos de Precipitaciones y Balance Hídrico". Las Precipitaciones del Noroeste Argentino (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Retrieved 3 April 2016.[permanent dead link]