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  .jpg) .jpg)   Panorama of Copacabana andLake Titicaca, 6 de agosto Avenue, parade in Copacabana,Eduardo Abaroa Naval Monument, anAymara man and atotora boat,Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana | |
  Copacabana | |
| Coordinates:16°10′S69°05′W / 16.167°S 69.083°W /-16.167; -69.083 | |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Department | La Paz Department (Bolivia) |
| Province | Manco Kapac Province |
| Municipality | Copacabana Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 346.5 km2 (133.8 sq mi) |
| • Land | 340.1 km2 (131.3 sq mi) |
| • Water | 6.4 km2 (2.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,841 m (12,602 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 6,000 |
| • Density | 358.5/km2 (929/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (BOT) |
| Area code | Area code 591 |
| FIPS code | 45-16000[1] |
| Climate | Cwc |
| GNIS feature ID | 1245051[2] |
Copacabana is the mainBolivian town on the shore ofLake Titicaca. The town has a large 17th-century shrine, theBasilica of Our Lady of Copacabana, dedicated toOur Lady of Copacabana, thepatron saint of Bolivia. The town is atourism destination in Bolivia. It is also known for its trout and quaint atmosphere. Built between Mount Calvario and Mount Niño Calvario, the town has approximately 6,000 inhabitants. Copacabana's religious celebrations, cultural heritage and traditional festivals are well known throughout Bolivia. Boats leave forIsla del Sol, the sacredInca island, from Copacabana. Copacabana is served byCopacabana Airport.
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During thewars of independence, theBasilica of Our Lady of Copacabana was despoiled of most of its rich ornaments and gifts, and ruthless plundering by faithless custodians in the course of political disturbances has further contributed to impoverish it.[citation needed][original research?] The edifices, originally very handsome, are in a state of sad neglect.[citation needed][original research?] It is a shrine forpilgrims from Bolivia and southern Peru, and on 6 August, the feast of its patron saint, it is attended by thousands.
Before 1534, Copacabana was an outpost of Inca occupation among dozens of other sites in Bolivia. The Incas held it as the key to the very ancient shrine and oracle on the Island of Titicaca, which they had adopted as a place of worship, adopting the veneration with which it was held by theAymaras from time immemorial. At Copacabana, there were minor shrines in which the ceremonies of the Incas were observed along with those of the original inhabitants. When the Spaniards first visited the Islands of Titicaca and Loati, in 1534 and 1538, the Andean Cosmovision were abandoned and theDominicans made Copacabana the centre of their missions. Non-monastic priests then replaced them at the instigation of the ViceroyFrancisco de Toledo, and finally the mission and its annexes were entrusted to theAugustinians in 1589.
In 1582, the grandson of Inca rulerManco Kapac, struck by the sight of the statues of the Blessed Virgin which he saw in some of the churches atLa Paz, tried to make one himself, and after many failures, succeeded in producing one of excellent quality, and it was placed at Copacabana as the statue of thetutelar protectress of the community. Many miracles have been attributed to it, and its fame has spread far beyond the limits of its surroundings to all five continents. It is kept in a special chapel, where local Aymaras, Bolivians and those from all over the world are untiring in their devotions.
During theGreat Indigenous Uprising of 1781, while the church itself was desecrated, the "Camarin", as the chapel is called, remained untouched and exempt from spoiling. Copacabana is the scene of often boisterous indigenous celebrations. On 2 February and 6 August, Church festivals are celebrated with indigenous dances that the clergy have not been able to suppress entirely. Copacabana is surrounded bypre-Columbian ruins of considerable interest.
Copacabana has acold subtropical highland climate (Cwc), a rare variant of this type of climate, but commonplace near most of Lake Titicaca. Similar to many areas with this climate, Copacabana features a markedly drier "low-sun" season. Because of the high altitude of Copacabana, the town is chilly throughout the course of the year. However, because Copacabana is located in the tropics, there are only slight variations in temperatures. While daytime temperatures hover around 15 °C (59 °F) throughout the year, nighttime temperatures during the "low-sun" season are somewhat cooler than at other times of the year. It is not uncommon for temperatures to drop below freezing during the "low-sun" season.
| Climate data for Copacabana, Bolivia, elevation: 3,815 metres (12,516 ft), 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1943–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.0 (80.6) | 23.5 (74.3) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.6 (78.1) | 28.0 (82.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) | 15.2 (59.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 14.9 (58.8) | 14.4 (57.9) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.3 (55.9) | 14.0 (57.2) | 14.7 (58.5) | 15.5 (59.9) | 16.0 (60.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 15.0 (59.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.2 (50.4) | 10.2 (50.4) | 10.2 (50.4) | 9.8 (49.6) | 8.9 (48.0) | 7.8 (46.0) | 7.7 (45.9) | 8.3 (46.9) | 8.9 (48.0) | 10.0 (50.0) | 10.5 (50.9) | 10.7 (51.3) | 9.5 (49.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) | 5.2 (41.4) | 5.3 (41.5) | 4.8 (40.6) | 3.4 (38.1) | 2.2 (36.0) | 2.1 (35.8) | 2.7 (36.9) | 3.2 (37.8) | 4.5 (40.1) | 5.1 (41.2) | 5.4 (41.7) | 4.0 (39.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) | −4.0 (24.8) | −5.5 (22.1) | −6.5 (20.3) | −6.5 (20.3) | −7.5 (18.5) | −8.0 (17.6) | −9.0 (15.8) | −8.0 (17.6) | −7.0 (19.4) | −6.5 (20.3) | −4.5 (23.9) | −9.0 (15.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 184.7 (7.27) | 113.0 (4.45) | 111.5 (4.39) | 52.4 (2.06) | 16.0 (0.63) | 11.5 (0.45) | 9.2 (0.36) | 16.7 (0.66) | 28.7 (1.13) | 45.5 (1.79) | 63.4 (2.50) | 108.8 (4.28) | 780.7 (30.74) |
| Average precipitation days | 19.4 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 13.0 | 97.1 |
| Average snowy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 66.5 | 66.0 | 66.1 | 62.7 | 57.6 | 56.7 | 55.0 | 56.2 | 56.0 | 56.6 | 57.3 | 60.7 | 59.4 |
| Source: Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología de Bolivia[3] | |||||||||||||
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