{{About|the town in the Potosí Department, Bolivia|other uses|Llallawa (disambiguation){{!}}Llallawa}} {{Expand German|topic=geo|date=February 2010|Llallagua}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name =Llallagua |other_name = |native_name = Llallawa |nickname = |settlement_type =Town |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = Llallagua.jpg |imagesize = 280px |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = Escudo Llallagua.png |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |pushpin_map = Bolivia<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location within Bolivia <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name ={{flag|Bolivia}} |subdivision_type1 = Department |subdivision_name1 = Potosí Department |subdivision_type2 = Province |subdivision_name2 = Rafael Bustillo Province |subdivision_type3 = Municipality |subdivision_name3 = Llallagua Municipality |subdivision_type4 = Canton |subdivision_name4 = Llallagua Canton <!-- Smaller parts (e.g. boroughs of a city) and seat of government --> <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Tomás Quiróz (Without Fear Movement; elected 2010) |leader_title1 = President<!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = Maximo Urquieta Mitma (2007) |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = 2001 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 20065 |population_density_km2 = |timezone = BOT |utc_offset = -4 |coordinates = {{coord|18|25|S|66|35|W|region:BO|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 3895 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Llallagua''' (in hispanicized spelling) or '''Llallawa''' (Aymara for a monstrous potato (like two potatoes) or animal, Quechua for the god of seed-time during the Inca period)<ref>{{Ref Bertonio}}</ref><ref>{{Ref Laime}}</ref> is a town in the Potosí Department in Bolivia. It is the seat of the Llallagua Municipality, the third municipal section of the Rafael Bustillo Province.
== History == Llallagua (in its common form) or Llallawa (as it is written in Quechua) is the name given by the indigenous people of the Andes. {{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}
==Geography==
Llallagua features a rare microclimate amidst the semi-arid tundras of Potosí and Oruro, due to its extreme elevation near 4000m. Semi-arid and with average temperatures in its warmest month sitting right on the 11 °C threshold, the city's climate straddles that of the subtropical highland climate (''Cwc'', according to the Köppen climate classification), with subpolar oceanic characteristics and a cold semi-arid climate (BSk). Summers are cool and wet with daily highs rarely rising above 22 °C, while winters feature cooler days with much colder nights averaging −4 °C. These low temperatures are a result of the extreme precipitation deficit during the winter months with the resulting aridity leading to an increased diurnal temperature variation.
===Climate===
{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Llallagua, elevation {{convert|3800|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Jan record high C = 26.2 |Feb record high C = 25.0 |Mar record high C = 23.5 |Apr record high C = 23.0 |May record high C = 24.0 |Jun record high C = 21.8 |Jul record high C = 21.0 |Aug record high C = 22.0 |Sep record high C = 23.5 |Oct record high C = 25.5 |Nov record high C = 24.5 |Dec record high C = 24.1 |Jan record low C = 2.2 |Feb record low C = 3.0 |Mar record low C = 1.0 |Apr record low C = -2.0 |May record low C = -5.0 |Jun record low C = -8.4 |Jul record low C = -6.0 |Aug record low C = -5.2 |Sep record low C = -2.6 |Oct record low C = 0.0 |Nov record low C = 2.0 |Dec record low C = 2.5 |Jan high C = 17.0 |Feb high C = 17.3 |Mar high C = 17.6 |Apr high C = 18.2 |May high C = 16.9 |Jun high C = 16.6 |Jul high C = 15.4 |Aug high C = 17.2 |Sep high C = 18.1 |Oct high C = 19.4 |Nov high C = 20.1 |Dec high C = 19.1 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 11.8 |Feb mean C = 11.8 |Mar mean C = 11.5 |Apr mean C = 10.8 |May mean C = 8.5 |Jun mean C = 7.6 |Jul mean C = 7.2 |Aug mean C = 8.5 |Sep mean C = 10.3 |Oct mean C = 11.9 |Nov mean C = 12.8 |Dec mean C = 12.8 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 6.6 |Feb low C = 6.4 |Mar low C = 5.4 |Apr low C = 3.3 |May low C = 0.1 |Jun low C = -1.3 |Jul low C = -1.0 |Aug low C = -0.2 |Sep low C = 2.6 |Oct low C = 4.5 |Nov low C = 5.6 |Dec low C = 6.6 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 170.1 |Feb precipitation mm = 105.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 86.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 22.6 |May precipitation mm = 2.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 0.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 5.7 |Aug precipitation mm = 4.1 |Sep precipitation mm = 13.3 |Oct precipitation mm = 25.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 43.8 |Dec precipitation mm = 95.5 |year precipitation mm = | Jan precipitation days = 20.2 | Feb precipitation days = 15.5 | Mar precipitation days = 13.0 | Apr precipitation days = 5.0 | May precipitation days = 0.9 | Jun precipitation days = 0.0 | Jul precipitation days = 1.9 | Aug precipitation days = 1.8 | Sep precipitation days = 3.1 | Oct precipitation days = 5.2 | Nov precipitation days = 8.0 | Dec precipitation days = 14.8 | year precipitation days = |source 1 = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia<ref name="SENAMHI"> {{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180607025840/http://senamhi.gob.bo/index.php/sismet | archive-date = 7 June 2018 | url = http://senamhi.gob.bo/index.php/sismet | title = Base de datos Sistema Meteorológico–SISMET | publisher = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia | language = es | access-date = 12 June 2024}}</ref><ref name="SENAMHI2"> {{cite web | url = https://www.scribd.com/document/542708736/Indices-Agrometeorologicos-149-Estaciones | title = índices climáticos para 149 estaciones meteorológicas en Bolivia | publisher = Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia | language = es | access-date = 12 June 2024}}</ref> }}
==Gallery== <gallery widths=180> File:Teatro Simon I. Patiño.JPG|Simon I Patiño Theatre File:Metavauxite-169916.jpg|Metavauxite, a rare member of the vauxite group. Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bolivia. Size: 4.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm. </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027220541/http://www.ine.gov.bo/ www.ine.gov.bo]
== External links == {{Commons category-inline|Llallagua}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090409121133/http://www.aguabolivia.org/situacionaguaX/Riego/mapas/potosi/rbustillo.htm Map of the Rafael Bustillo Province]
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