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[[File:Amanecer_en_las_montañas.jpg | thumb | right | National Park and Natural Area of Integrated Management Cotapata]] '''Palca, Bolivia''' is a location in the [[La Paz Department, Bolivia|La Paz Department]] in [[Bolivia]]. It is the seat of the [[Palca Municipality]], the first [[Municipalities of Bolivia|municipal section]] of the [[Pedro Domingo Murillo Province]].
== Geography == Palca lies on the edge of the Quimsa Cruz mountain range, part of the Bolivian Cordillera Real. The region's climate is typically diurnal, with daily temperature fluctuations more pronounced than the average seasonal temperature differences.
==Climate==
{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Palca, elevation {{convert|3333|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 19.1 |Feb high C = 19.6 |Mar high C = 19.9 |Apr high C = 20.1 |May high C = 20.3 |Jun high C = 19.9 |Jul high C = 19.2 |Aug high C = 19.6 |Sep high C = 19.4 |Oct high C = 20.4 |Nov high C = 21.0 |Dec high C = 20.5 | year high C = |Jan low C = 8.8 |Feb low C = 8.5 |Mar low C = 8.3 |Apr low C = 6.5 |May low C = 3.0 |Jun low C = 1.5 |Jul low C = 0.9 |Aug low C = 2.0 |Sep low C = 4.4 |Oct low C = 6.3 |Nov low C = 7.7 |Dec low C = 9.0 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 119 |Feb precipitation mm = 88 |Mar precipitation mm = 50 |Apr precipitation mm = 17 |May precipitation mm = 5 |Jun precipitation mm = 4 |Jul precipitation mm = 11 |Aug precipitation mm = 11 |Sep precipitation mm = 21 |Oct precipitation mm = 31 |Nov precipitation mm = 35 |Dec precipitation mm = 67 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru<ref name =SENAMHI>{{cite web| url = https://www.senamhi.gob.pe/pdf/anexos-atlas-climatico.pdf |title = anexos atlas climatico | publisher= National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru | access-date = 13 June 2024}}</ref> }}
== References == <references /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091027220541/http://www.ine.gov.bo/ Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Bolivia]
{{La Paz Department}}
[[Category:Populated places in La Paz Department (Bolivia)]]
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