Masagua

Masagua
Municipality of Guatemala
Masagua

Location in Guatemala

Masagua
Coordinates: 14°12′00″N 90°51′00″W / 14.20000°N 90.85000°W / 14.20000; -90.85000Coordinates: 14°12′00″N 90°51′00″W / 14.20000°N 90.85000°W / 14.20000; -90.85000
Country Guatemala
Settled 1825
Government
  Mayor Blanca Alfaro[1]
Area
  Total 473 km2 (183 sq mi)
Climate Aw

Masagua (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈsaɣwa]) is 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.[2]

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 millions, 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.[2]

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
Average high °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)
32.7
(90.9)
33.12
(91.64)
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)
27.58
(81.64)
Average low °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)
21.7
(71.1)
21.4
(70.5)
20.7
(69.3)
22.07
(71.73)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4
(0.16)
4
(0.16)
19
(0.75)
76
(2.99)
273
(10.75)
394
(15.51)
317
(12.48)
219
(8.62)
451
(17.76)
399
(15.71)
81
(3.19)
10
(0.39)
2,247
(88.47)
Source: Climate-Data.org[3]

Geographic location

Borders

Masagua is 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. 1 2 Solano, Luis (13 July 2015). "Jaguar Energy: un multimillonario negocio en juego". Albedrío; Centro de Medios Independientes. Guatemala. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. "Climate: Masagua". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 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 13 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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