Pazña Municipality
Pazña Municipality is a municipality of the Poopó Province in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. Its capital is Pazña.
Government
Municipal governments in Bolivia are divided into executive and legislative branches. The Mayor of Pazña is the head of the city government, elected by general election for a term of five years. The Municipal Council is the legislative branch.
The current mayor of Pazña is Gualberto Abad Olmos Leaños of the National Unity Front, who took office in June 2010 following the resignation of Víctor Centeno (of the Movement for Socialism). A new mayor will be selected in a special election expected to be held in 2011.
Subdivision
The municipality used to be divided into five cantons.
Languages
The languages spoken in the Pazña Municipality are mainly Quechua, Spanish and Urus.
Climate
| Climate data for Pazña, elevation 3,710 m (12,170 ft) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.9 (69.6) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.5 (67.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) |
11.8 (53.2) |
11.2 (52.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.2 (41.4) |
3.1 (37.6) |
3.3 (37.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) |
3.7 (38.7) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−2.4 (27.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 121 (4.8) |
126 (5.0) |
94 (3.7) |
17 (0.7) |
3 (0.1) |
1 (0.0) |
2 (0.1) |
12 (0.5) |
24 (0.9) |
21 (0.8) |
30 (1.2) |
85 (3.3) |
536 (21.1) |
| Source: Plataforma digital única del Estado Peruano | |||||||||||||