Pocona

Village in Cochabamba Department, Bolivia

Pocona Puquna
Village
17°40′31″S 65°24′21″W / 17.67528°S 65.40583°W / -17.67528; -65.40583
Country	Bolivia
Department	Cochabamba Department
Province	Carrasco Province
Municipality	Pocona Municipality
Canton	Pocona Canton
Government
• Mayor	Carlos Rodriguez Peredo (2008)
• President	Felix Guardia (2008)
Population (2001)
• Total	244
Time zone	UTC-4 (BOT)

Pocona (Quechua: Puquna) is a location in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. It is the seat of the Pocona Municipality, the third municipal section of the Carrasco Province. At the time of census 2001 it had a population of 244.^[1]

Climate

Climate data for Pocona, elevation 2,658 m (8,720 ft)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	21.9 (71.4)	21.1 (70.0)	20.4 (68.7)	19.6 (67.3)	18.6 (65.5)	17.9 (64.2)	17.0 (62.6)	18.5 (65.3)	20.7 (69.3)	22.5 (72.5)	22.6 (72.7)	22.3 (72.1)	20.3 (68.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	15.6 (60.1)	15.1 (59.2)	14.5 (58.1)	13.6 (56.5)	12.0 (53.6)	10.9 (51.6)	10.2 (50.4)	11.6 (52.9)	13.4 (56.1)	15.3 (59.5)	15.8 (60.4)	15.9 (60.6)	13.7 (56.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	9.4 (48.9)	9.1 (48.4)	8.7 (47.7)	7.6 (45.7)	5.3 (41.5)	4.0 (39.2)	3.4 (38.1)	4.6 (40.3)	6.2 (43.2)	8.0 (46.4)	9.0 (48.2)	9.4 (48.9)	7.1 (44.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	195.2 (7.69)	158.6 (6.24)	122.6 (4.83)	37.2 (1.46)	6.2 (0.24)	1.6 (0.06)	4.6 (0.18)	5.7 (0.22)	12.3 (0.48)	38.9 (1.53)	78.9 (3.11)	151.8 (5.98)	813.6 (32.02)
Average precipitation days	12.9	12.3	9.0	3.4	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.9	1.8	4.5	7.0	10.8	63.9
Average relative humidity (%)	68.1	66.6	66.6	63.3	51.7	44.3	39.2	43.3	48.3	54.2	62.6	62.5	55.9
Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia^[2]^[3]

Places of interest

Inkallaqta

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia (INE) Archived 2009-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ "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 13 June 2024.
^ "índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia" (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia. Retrieved 13 June 2024.