Masagua

Masagua
Municipality and town
Masagua is located in Guatemala
Masagua
Masagua
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°12′00″N 90°51′00″W / 14.20000°N 90.85000°W / 14.20000; -90.85000
Country Guatemala
Settled1825
Government
 • MayorBlanca Alfaro[1]
Area
 • Total
456 km2 (176 sq mi)
Population
 (2018 census)[2]
 • Total
45,323
 • Density99/km2 (260/sq mi)
ClimateAw

Masagua (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈsaɣwa]) is a town, with a population of 16,797 (2018 census),[3] and a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. In 2008 began construction for a massive power generation plant se property of Jaguar Energy in the municipality.[4]

Jaguar Energy power plant

Jaguar Energy is a corporation that owns a large coal-based electric generation plant located in Tierra Colorada, Masagua, next to the San Miguel Las Flores community and twenty five km away from Puerto de San José. The company is a subsidiary of the American corporation Ashmore Energy International Ltd.(AEI). It started operations in Guatemala in early 2008 and it plant has an estimated cost of US$750 million, intended to generate 300 MW. The energy produced will be sold to Energuate, the larger power distributor in Guatemala, a subsidiary of the British inversment firm ACTIS.[4]

Climate

Masagua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).

Climate data for Masagua
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 33.2
(91.8) 		33.6
(92.5) 		34.6
(94.3) 		34.7
(94.5) 		34.0
(93.2) 		32.7
(90.9) 		33.0
(91.4) 		32.9
(91.2) 		32.0
(89.6) 		31.9
(89.4) 		32.2
(90.0) 		32.7
(90.9) 		33.1
(91.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.6
(79.9) 		27.1
(80.8) 		28.2
(82.8) 		28.7
(83.7) 		28.7
(83.7) 		27.9
(82.2) 		28.1
(82.6) 		27.9
(82.2) 		27.4
(81.3) 		26.8
(80.2) 		26.8
(80.2) 		26.7
(80.1) 		27.6
(81.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 20.1
(68.2) 		20.6
(69.1) 		21.9
(71.4) 		22.7
(72.9) 		23.4
(74.1) 		23.2
(73.8) 		23.3
(73.9) 		23.0
(73.4) 		22.8
(73.0) 		21.7
(71.1) 		21.4
(70.5) 		20.7
(69.3) 		22.1
(71.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4
(0.2) 		4
(0.2) 		19
(0.7) 		76
(3.0) 		273
(10.7) 		394
(15.5) 		317
(12.5) 		219
(8.6) 		451
(17.8) 		399
(15.7) 		81
(3.2) 		10
(0.4) 		2,247
(88.5)
Source: Climate-Data.org[5]

Geographic location

Borders

Masagua is situated 15 km from Escuintla. It is one of the municipalities that is enclosed within the Escuintla Department.

See also

References

  1. ^ Prensa Libre (2011). "Ganadores del poder local en las elecciones de Guatemala 2011" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  2. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  3. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
  4. ^ a b Solano, Luis (13 July 2015). "Jaguar Energy: un multimillonario negocio en juego". Albedrío; Centro de Medios Independientes. Guatemala. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Climate: Masagua". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  6. ^ a b SEGEPLAN (n.d.). "Municipios de Escuintla, Guatemala". Secretaría General de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia de la República (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)