Tinogasta

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Tinogasta

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| native_name_lang = es

| settlement_type = City

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| pushpin_map = Argentina

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Tinogasta in Argentina

| coordinates = {{coord|28|4|S|67|34|W|region:AR_type:city|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Argentina}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Catamarca}}

| subdivision_type2 = Department

| subdivision_name2 = Tinogasta

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| leader_party = Justicialist Party

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Hugo Ávila

| unit_pref = Metric

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| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 1,500

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 11485

| population_as_of = 2010 census

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone1 = ART

| utc_offset1 = −3

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| postal_code_type = CPA base

| postal_code = K5340

| area_code_type = Dialing code

| area_code = +54 3837

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Tinogasta ({{IPA|es|tinoˈɣasta}}) is a city in the west of the {{province|Catamarca|Argentina}}, on the right-hand shore of the Abaucán River, about 280 km from the provincial capital San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It had about 11,500 inhabitants at the {{census-ar|2010}}. It is the head town of the department of the same name. The name of the city comes from the Kakana words tino ("meeting") and gasta ("town").

Tinogasta is a tourist site. It has access to the mountains for adventure tourism, hot springs, and archaeological museums. The basis of the local economy is agriculture, focused on vine.

Geography

=Climate=

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is BWh (hot arid climate).{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=590829&cityname=Tinogasta%2C+Catamarca%2C+Argentina&units=|title=Climate Summary for Tinogasta|publisher=Weatherbase}}

{{Weather box

|location = Tinogasta (1991–2020, extremes 1961–present)

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|Jan record high C = 44.0

|Feb record high C = 44.8

|Mar record high C = 42.0

|Apr record high C = 39.2

|May record high C = 37.6

|Jun record high C = 40.0

|Jul record high C = 39.2

|Aug record high C = 38.4

|Sep record high C = 40.0

|Oct record high C = 41.5

|Nov record high C = 42.5

|Dec record high C = 43.5

|year record high C = 44.8

|Jan high C = 33.8

|Feb high C = 32.5

|Mar high C = 31.0

|Apr high C = 27.2

|May high C = 22.6

|Jun high C = 20.3

|Jul high C = 20.0

|Aug high C = 23.6

|Sep high C = 26.5

|Oct high C = 30.2

|Nov high C = 32.6

|Dec high C = 34.2

|year high C = 27.9

|Jan mean C = 25.9

|Feb mean C = 24.7

|Mar mean C = 22.9

|Apr mean C = 18.8

|May mean C = 14.0

|Jun mean C = 11.0

|Jul mean C = 10.2

|Aug mean C = 13.7

|Sep mean C = 17.2

|Oct mean C = 21.5

|Nov mean C = 24.2

|Dec mean C = 26.2

|year mean C = 19.2

|Jan low C = 18.9

|Feb low C = 17.6

|Mar low C = 15.7

|Apr low C = 10.5

|May low C = 5.1

|Jun low C = 1.4

|Jul low C = 0.2

|Aug low C = 2.7

|Sep low C = 6.5

|Oct low C = 11.4

|Nov low C = 15.3

|Dec low C = 18.0

|year low C = 10.3

|Jan record low C = 6.1

|Feb record low C = 4.4

|Mar record low C = 2.2

|Apr record low C = -2.6

|May record low C = -6.5

|Jun record low C = -9.7

|Jul record low C = -10.6

|Aug record low C = -9.9

|Sep record low C = -6.3

|Oct record low C = 0.0

|Nov record low C = 2.4

|Dec record low C = 5.3

|year record low C = -10.6

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 37.4

|Feb precipitation mm = 27.0

|Mar precipitation mm = 17.9

|Apr precipitation mm = 6.2

|May precipitation mm = 3.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 2.5

|Jul precipitation mm = 2.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 1.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 1.5

|Oct precipitation mm = 4.9

|Nov precipitation mm = 8.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 21.3

|year precipitation mm = 133.0

|Jan humidity = 55.5

|Feb humidity = 58.2

|Mar humidity = 59.9

|Apr humidity = 61.1

|May humidity = 62.7

|Jun humidity = 57.8

|Jul humidity = 53.8

|Aug humidity = 46.0

|Sep humidity = 45.2

|Oct humidity = 46.3

|Nov humidity = 48.1

|Dec humidity = 49.5

|year humidity = 53.7

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 6.0

|Feb precipitation days = 4.8

|Mar precipitation days = 3.5

|Apr precipitation days = 1.2

|May precipitation days = 0.9

|Jun precipitation days = 0.6

|Jul precipitation days = 0.7

|Aug precipitation days = 0.4

|Sep precipitation days = 0.6

|Oct precipitation days = 1.0

|Nov precipitation days = 1.1

|Dec precipitation days = 3.3

|year precipitation days = 23.9

|Jan snow days = 0.0

|Feb snow days = 0.0

|Mar snow days = 0.0

|Apr snow days = 0.0

|May snow days = 0.0

|Jun snow days = 0.1

|Jul snow days = 0.3

|Aug snow days = 0.1

|Sep snow days = 0.1

|Oct snow days = 0.0

|Nov snow days = 0.0

|Dec snow days = 0.0

|year snow days = 0.6

|source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional{{cite web

| url = https://ssl.smn.gob.ar/dpd/observaciones/estadisticas_normales_9120.zip

| title = Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1991-2020

| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

| language = Spanish

| accessdate = 8 April 2023}}{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230708235600/http://repositorio.smn.gob.ar/bitstream/handle/20.500.12160/2506/estad%C3%ADsticas_climatol%C3%B3gicas_normales_1991-2020.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y

| archive-date = 8 July 2023

| url = http://repositorio.smn.gob.ar/handle/20.500.12160/2506

| title = Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales – período 1991–2020

| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

| language = es

| access-date = 31 July 2023

| year = 2023}}{{cite web

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230509192820/http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/bitstream/handle/10915/78367/Archivo_de_datos_climatol%C3%B3gicos.zip?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

| archive-date = 9 May 2023

| url = http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/78367

| title = Estadística climatológica de la República Argentina Período 1991-2000

| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

| language = es

| access-date = 17 May 2023}}

{{cite web

| url = https://www.smn.gob.ar/estadisticas

| title = Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por Tinogasta

| work = Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo

| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

| language = Spanish

| accessdate = 9 April 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=87211&ano=2024&mes=3&day=21&hora=12&min=0&ndays=30|title= 87211: Tinogasta (Argentina)|author= |date= 20 March 2024|website=ogimet.com |publisher=OGIMET |access-date= 21 March 2024|quote=}}

|date=August 2010

}}

References

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