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_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
{{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
{{portal|Argentina}}
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External links
- {{ar-mi-muni|CAT032}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060221194741/http://www.camsencat.gov.ar/tinogas.html Departamento Tinogasta]
- [http://www.welcomeargentina.com/tinogasta/index_i.html WelcomeArgentina.com]
{{Settlements in Catamarca Province|state=collapsed}}
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