El Aguilar

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Municipality and town in Jujuy Province, Argentina
23°13′03″S 65°40′47″W / 23.21750°S 65.67972°W / -23.21750; -65.67972Country ArgentinaProvinceJujuy ProvinceElevation
3,980 m (13,060 ft)Population
 (2001)
 • Total3,655Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)Area code03887

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

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)
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

  1. ^ Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "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]
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