Melinka
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| Melinka Isla Melinca |
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| Aerial view of Melinka
Aerial view of Melinka
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| Region | Aisén | |||
| Province | Aisén | |||
| Commune | Guaitecas | |||
| Government | ||||
| • Alcalde | Luis Antonio Miranda Chiguay | |||
| Population (2002 census [1]) | ||||
| • Total | 1,411 | |||
| Time zone | Chilean Standard (UTC−04:00) | |||
| • Summer (DST) | Chilean Daylight (UTC−03:00) | |||
| Area code(s) | Country + town = 56 + ? | |||
Melinka is a Chilean town in Aysén Province, Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region. It is located in the Ascención Island and is the administrative center of the commune of Guaitecas since 1979. The settlement is named after the wife of the Lithuanian immigrant, F. A. Westhoff, who settled in the area when it was still part of Chiloé Province. According to a local legend the word melinka comes from Russian and means lovely. In fact, there is the Russian archaic colloquialism милёнка (transl. milyonka) which means "lovely"[1] and "миленькая" (transl. milen'kaya) which is a feminine adjective for "lovely", "darling".[2]
Climate
Melinka has a wet oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb).
| Climate data for Melinka | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 17.4 (63.3) |
17.2 (63) |
15.9 (60.6) |
13.6 (56.5) |
11.3 (52.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
10.0 (50) |
10.0 (50) |
10.9 (51.6) |
13.2 (55.8) |
13.8 (56.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
13.3 (55.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
8.8 (47.8) |
7.7 (45.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
7.8 (46) |
9.5 (49.1) |
10.3 (50.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
10.0 (50) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) |
9.5 (49.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
7.4 (45.3) |
6.0 (42.8) |
5.0 (41) |
5.0 (41) |
4.6 (40.3) |
4.8 (40.6) |
6.1 (43) |
7.0 (44.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 152.2 (5.992) |
168.2 (6.622) |
216.8 (8.535) |
270.1 (10.634) |
349.4 (13.756) |
367.8 (14.48) |
382.5 (15.059) |
325.2 (12.803) |
256.9 (10.114) |
191.6 (7.543) |
247.0 (9.724) |
246.0 (9.685) |
3,137.7 (123.531) |
| Source: Bioclimatografia de Chile[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ ABBYY Lingvo dictionary
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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