San Vicente Pacaya

San Vicente Pacaya
Municipality
San Vicente Pacaya is located in Guatemala
San Vicente Pacaya
San Vicente Pacaya
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°24′58″N 90°38′21″W / 14.41611°N 90.63917°W / 14.41611; -90.63917
Country Guatemala
Department Escuintla
MunicipalityEscuintla
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
Area
 • Municipality
131 km2 (51 sq mi)
Population
 (census 2018)[1]
 • Municipality
16,705
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
 • Urban
8,942
 • Religions
Roman Catholicism Evangelicalism
ClimateCwb

San Vicente Pacaya (Spanish pronunciation: [sam biˈsente paˈkaʝa]) is a town and municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.

Climate

San Vicente Pacaya has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).

Climate data for San Vicente Pacaya
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 23.3
(73.9) 		24.3
(75.7) 		25.6
(78.1) 		26.0
(78.8) 		25.5
(77.9) 		24.1
(75.4) 		24.2
(75.6) 		24.4
(75.9) 		23.7
(74.7) 		23.5
(74.3) 		23.3
(73.9) 		23.0
(73.4) 		24.2
(75.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 17.6
(63.7) 		18.3
(64.9) 		19.3
(66.7) 		20.2
(68.4) 		20.3
(68.5) 		19.9
(67.8) 		19.7
(67.5) 		19.7
(67.5) 		19.4
(66.9) 		19.2
(66.6) 		18.5
(65.3) 		17.7
(63.9) 		19.1
(66.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 12.0
(53.6) 		12.3
(54.1) 		13.0
(55.4) 		14.4
(57.9) 		15.2
(59.4) 		15.8
(60.4) 		15.3
(59.5) 		15.1
(59.2) 		15.2
(59.4) 		14.9
(58.8) 		13.7
(56.7) 		12.4
(54.3) 		14.1
(57.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4
(0.2) 		4
(0.2) 		8
(0.3) 		29
(1.1) 		157
(6.2) 		303
(11.9) 		235
(9.3) 		210
(8.3) 		313
(12.3) 		180
(7.1) 		29
(1.1) 		10
(0.4) 		1,482
(58.4)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

Geographic location

Films

The municipality was the filming location for the Guatemalan movie Ixcanul, from director Jayro Bustamante, a film that had earn international praise and 17 international awards, including several major European circuits. Based on a true story, Ixcanul tells the story of María, a young girl that goes from a peaceful arranged married while working at a coffee plantation near Ixcanul Volcano to dealing with the harsh reality of children traffic and machismo in her society after she unwillingly gets pregnant after a night with her childhood sweetheart.[4]

See also

Notes and references

References

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  2. ^ "Climate: San Vicente Pacaya". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b SEGEPLAN. "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.
  4. ^ "Ixcanul está en casa". ElPeriódico (in Spanish). Guatemala. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on August 24, 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.