Masagua

Municipality and town in Guatemala

Masagua

Municipality and town

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
Settled| 1825
Government

• Mayor| Blanca Alfaro[1]
Area

• Total

| 456 km2 (176 sq mi)
Population

(2018 census)[2]

• Total

| 45,323
• Density| 99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Climate| Aw

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

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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

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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

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### Borders

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

Places adjacent to Masagua

|  | Escuintla, municipality of Escuintla Department | Escuintla, municipality of Escuintla Department

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|  |
La Democracia, municipality of Escuintla Department |

Masagua

| Guanagazapa, municipality of Escuintla Department[6]
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| San José, municipality of Escuintla Department | Iztapa, municipality of Escuintla Department[6]

## See also

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* Guatemala portal
* Geography portal

* Escuintla Department
* Jaguar Energy

## References

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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)

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* Guanagazapa
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