Abra Pampa
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|settlement_type = Municipality and town
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|image_caption = A level crossing in Abra Pampa
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Jujuy Province
|subdivision_type2 = Department
|subdivision_name2 = Cochinoca
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|established_title = Established
|established_date = 30 August 1883
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|population_total = 9425
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|timezone = ART
|utc_offset = −3
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|postal_code_type = Postcode
|postal_code = Y4640
|area_code = 03887
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Abra Pampa is a town and municipality in Jujuy Province in Argentina,[http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/ Ministerio del Interior] {{in lang|es}} and is the capital of the Department of Cochinoca. The city is the economic center and communication of the Puna, it is the second town in importance in the region, after La Quiaca which is 73 km to the north by the Ruta Nacional 9, paved road, which also connects with the provincial capital, 224 km away.
History
Climate
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Typical for this region of the Altiplano, Abra Pampa has a cool semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with two distinct seasons. Throughout the year, afternoon temperatures range form comfortable to warm, but diurnal temperature ranges are very large due to the hot sun and thin air. There is a partly cloudy, thundery wet season with mornings that are merely chilly between December and March, and a rainless, cloudless dry season with freezing to frigid mornings from April to November. The clearest month is July; the cloudiest month is January; and the wettest month is February. In spite of being in the tropics, the extreme diurnals make average winter nights resemble those of the upper Nordics and the Great Plains of North America.
In 1981-1990 the average annual minimum temperature was {{convert|−2.4|°C|°F|1|disp=or}}, and the village endures an average of 67 mornings per year with daily minimum temperature at or below {{convert|−12|°C|°F|1|disp=or}}. The coldest months of the year are June and July, with an average low temperature of {{convert|−11|°C|°F|1|disp=or}} and {{convert|−12|°C|°F|1|disp=or}} respectively. The warmest month of the year is December with an average maximum temperature of {{convert|21.1|°C|°F|1|disp=or}}.
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{{Weather box
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|location = Abra Pampa, Elevation: {{convert|3,484|m|ft|0|disp=or}}. (1981-1990, extremes 1971-1990)
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|Jan high C = 20.4 |Jan record high C = 26.0
|Feb high C = 19.4 |Feb record high C = 27.0
|Mar high C = 19.8 |Mar record high C = 26.0
|Apr high C = 19.1 |Apr record high C = 24.0
|May high C = 16.4 |May record high C = 23.0
|Jun high C = 14.0 |Jun record high C = 20.0
|Jul high C = 14.3 |Jul record high C = 22.0
|Aug high C = 17.0 |Aug record high C = 24.0
|Sep high C = 18.8 |Sep record high C = 24.0
|Oct high C = 20.9 |Oct record high C = 26.5
|Nov high C = 21.4 |Nov record high C = 27.5
|Dec high C = 21.1 |Dec record high C = 27.0
|year high C = 18.5 |year record high C = 27.5
|Jan mean C = 13.0
|Feb mean C = 11.9
|Mar mean C = 12.0
|Apr mean C = 9.5
|May mean C = 4.8
|Jun mean C = 2.1
|Jul mean C = 1.9
|Aug mean C = 5.3
|Sep mean C = 8.2
|Oct mean C = 10.9
|Nov mean C = 12.3
|Dec mean C = 12.9
|year mean C = 8.7
|Jan low C = 5.9 |Jan record low C = -3.0
|Feb low C = 5.2 |Feb record low C = -2.0
|Mar low C = 4.1 |Mar record low C = -5.0
|Apr low C = -1.6 |Apr record low C = -10.0
|May low C = -8.2 |May record low C = -16.0
|Jun low C = -11.0 |Jun record low C = -18.5
|Jul low C = -12.0 |Jul record low C = -23.0
|Aug low C = -9.4 |Aug record low C = -19.0
|Sep low C = -6.1 |Sep record low C = -18.0
|Oct low C = -1.9 |Oct record low C = -12.0
|Nov low C = 1.9 |Nov record low C = -9.5
|Dec low C = 4.5 |Dec record low C = -5.0
|year low C = -2.4 |year record low C = -23.0
|Jan precipitation mm= 94.3
|Feb precipitation mm= 89.4
|Mar precipitation mm= 79.7
|Apr precipitation mm= 8.1
|May precipitation mm= 0.0
|Jun precipitation mm= 0.0
|Jul precipitation mm= 0.0
|Aug precipitation mm= 0.2
|Sep precipitation mm= 0.9
|Oct precipitation mm= 4.6
|Nov precipitation mm= 35.0
|Dec precipitation mm= 71.9
|year precipitation mm= 387.6
|Jan precipitation days = 11
|Feb precipitation days = 11
|Mar precipitation days = 8
|Apr precipitation days = 2
|May precipitation days = 0
|Jun precipitation days = 0
|Jul precipitation days = 0
|Aug precipitation days = 0.1
|Sep precipitation days = 0.1
|Oct precipitation days = 2
|Nov precipitation days = 5
|Dec precipitation days = 9
|year precipitation days = 48.2
|Jan humidity = 66
|Feb humidity = 65
|Mar humidity = 62
|Apr humidity = 50
|May humidity = 41
|Jun humidity = 40
|Jul humidity = 36
|Aug humidity = 38
|Sep humidity = 35
|Oct humidity = 43
|Nov humidity = 53
|Dec humidity = 60
|year humidity = 49
|Jan sun= 257.3
|Feb sun= 233.7
|Mar sun= 254.2
|Apr sun= 270.0
|May sun= 282.1
|Jun sun= 264.0
|Jul sun= 285.2
|Aug sun= 291.4
|Sep sun= 285.0
|Oct sun= 291.4
|Nov sun= 279.0
|Dec sun= 266.6
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|Jan percentsun= 62
|Feb percentsun= 64
|Mar percentsun= 67
|Apr percentsun= 77
|May percentsun= 82
|Jun percentsun= 82
|Jul percentsun= 84
|Aug percentsun= 82
|Sep percentsun= 79
|Oct percentsun= 74
|Nov percentsun= 70
|Dec percentsun= 64
|year percentsun= 74
|source = [https://web.archive.org/web/20150119033205/http://www.mineria.gob.ar/estudios/irn/jujuy/tabla_meteo.asp?donde=t1#t2 SMN: Estación Meteorológica Abra Pampa - Período 1981–1990]
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Population
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The 2001 INDEC census found 7496 inhabitants in urban areas and 9425 inhabitants in the entire municipality.
References
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