Putre
Putre | |
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 Panoramic view of Putre | |
| Area code | 56 + 58 |
| Climate | ET |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
Putre is a
Putre is on the edge of the Lauca National Park, and is popular with visitors to the National Park wishing to acclimatise to the altitude.
There is a historical church in Putre.
The commune also includes the localities of Socoroma, Tignamar, Belén, Chapiquiña, Pachama, Ancuta, Guallatiri, Parinacota, Chucuyo and Caquena.
On March 6, 2011, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake centered 110 km (68 mi) beneath Putre shook northern Chile and southern Peru, causing no injuries and only minor damage.[4]
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification, Putre has an alpine tundra climate (ET) bordering on a Cold Semi-arid climate (BSk).
| Climate data for Putre (1976–2009) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) |
14.8 (58.6) |
15.1 (59.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
14.8 (58.6) |
14.2 (57.6) |
15.2 (59.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.2 (48.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
9.1 (48.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
7.5 (45.5) |
8.6 (47.5) |
8.9 (48.0) |
9.3 (48.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
9.5 (49.1) |
9.3 (48.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
3.9 (39.0) |
3.7 (38.7) |
3.5 (38.3) |
2.5 (36.5) |
1.4 (34.5) |
0.7 (33.3) |
1.9 (35.4) |
2.2 (36.0) |
2.5 (36.5) |
3.1 (37.6) |
3.2 (37.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 155 (6.1) |
97 (3.8) |
28 (1.1) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
2 (0.1) |
2 (0.1) |
18 (0.7) |
68 (2.7) |
376 (14.8) |
| Source: Atlas Agroclimatico de Chile[5] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Putre had 1,977 inhabitants (1,345 men and 632 women). Of these, 1,235 (62.5%) lived in urban areas and 742 (38.5%) in rural areas. The population fell by 29.5% (826 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[1]
Administration
As a commune, Putre is a third-level
Within the
References
- ^ a b c d (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ Associated Press (6 March 2011). "Magnitude-6.2 earthquake shakes northern Chile". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
- ^ "Atlas Agroclimático de Chile–Estado Actual y Tendencias del Clima (Tomo I: Regiones de Arica Y Parinacota, Tarapacá y Antofagasta" (in Spanish). Universidad de Chile. 2017. pp. 136–146. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
Provinces and communes in the Arica y Parinacota Region | ||
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| Arica |  | |
| Parinacota | ||