Masagua

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Masagua () is a town with a population of 16,797 (2018 census), 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.

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 25 km away from Puerto 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 its 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 investment firm ACTIS.

Climate

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

|location = Masagua |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan mean C = 26.6 |Feb mean C = 27.1 |Mar mean C = 28.2 |Apr mean C = 28.7 |May mean C = 28.7 |Jun mean C = 27.9 |Jul mean C = 28.1 |Aug mean C = 27.9 |Sep mean C = 27.4 |Oct mean C = 26.8 |Nov mean C = 26.8 |Dec mean C = 26.7 |year mean C = |Jan high C = 33.2 |Feb high C = 33.6 |Mar high C = 34.6 |Apr high C = 34.7 |May high C = 34.0 |Jun high C = 32.7 |Jul high C = 33.0 |Aug high C = 32.9 |Sep high C = 32.0 |Oct high C = 31.9 |Nov high C = 32.2 |Dec high C = 32.7 |year high C = |Jan low C = 20.1 |Feb low C = 20.6 |Mar low C = 21.9 |Apr low C = 22.7 |May low C = 23.4 |Jun low C = 23.2 |Jul low C = 23.3 |Aug low C = 23.0 |Sep low C = 22.8 |Oct low C = 21.7 |Nov low C = 21.4 |Dec low C = 20.7 |year low C = |Jan precipitation mm = 4 |Feb precipitation mm = 4 |Mar precipitation mm = 19 |Apr precipitation mm = 76 |May precipitation mm = 273 |Jun precipitation mm = 394 |Jul precipitation mm = 317 |Aug precipitation mm = 219 |Sep precipitation mm = 451 |Oct precipitation mm = 399 |Nov precipitation mm = 81 |Dec precipitation mm = 10 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = Climate-Data.org |title = Climate: Masagua |access-date = 24 August 2015 |publisher = Climate-Data.org}}

Geographic location

Borders

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

|Center=Masagua |North = Escuintla, municipality of Escuintla Department |South = San José, municipality of Escuintla Department |East = Guanagazapa, municipality of Escuintla Department |Northeast = Escuintla, municipality of Escuintla Department |Southeast = Iztapa, municipality of Escuintla Department |West = La Democracia, municipality of Escuintla Department

References

References

  1. Prensa Libre. (2011). "Ganadores del poder local en las elecciones de Guatemala 2011".
  2. [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/admin/ Citypopulation.de] Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  3. [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/guatemala/cities/ Citypopulation.de] Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
  4. Solano, Luis. (13 July 2015). "Jaguar Energy: un multimillonario negocio en juego".
  5. SEGEPLAN. (n.d.). "Municipios de Escuintla, Guatemala".

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