Santiago de Macha or Macha is a Bolivian locality in the department of Potosí, Chayanta Province, Colquechaca Municipality, Macha Canton. Macha had a population of 1,850 in 2001 and the canton was inhabited by 8,769 people.[1] Most of the young adults works abroad, and the marketplace of the village opens only on Sunday. The main economic activity of Macha is subsistence agriculture.[2]
Every 3 May, Santiago de Macha hosts the religious festival of Tinku, an aymará ritual consisting in a fist fighting challenge between two rival groups.[3]
Rebel leader Túpac Katari was born in Macha in 1750.[2] Between October and November 1813 the town was the headquarters of the Army of the North, commanded by General Manuel Belgrano during the war of independence against the Spanish rule.[4]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Santiago de Macha, elevation 3,480 m (11,420 ft), (1983–2002) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.9 (85.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
19.6 (67.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.4 (56.1) |
12.8 (55.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
8.7 (47.7) |
8.4 (47.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
11.8 (53.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
13.4 (56.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
11.8 (53.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) |
6.0 (42.8) |
5.4 (41.7) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
2.1 (35.8) |
4.6 (40.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
3.0 (37.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.1 (30.0) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 104.6 (4.12) |
68.2 (2.69) |
59.9 (2.36) |
17.5 (0.69) |
2.4 (0.09) |
1.8 (0.07) |
1.4 (0.06) |
5.0 (0.20) |
13.2 (0.52) |
25.6 (1.01) |
47.2 (1.86) |
63.1 (2.48) |
409.9 (16.15) |
| Average precipitation days | 18.7 | 13.8 | 12.8 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 12.4 | 81.6 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[5][6] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ ine.gob.bo
- ^ a b La Nación newspaper, 16 June 2002 (cited on this website) (in Spanish)
- ^ Tinku, the ritualistic combat Archived 2009-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mitre, Bartolomé: Historia de Belgrano. Imprenta de Mayo, Buenos Aires, 1859. V. II., page 226 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Base de datos Sistema Meteorológico–SISMET" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Archived from the original on 7 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
External links
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