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]
Masagua | |
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Municipality and town | |
  Masagua Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 14°12′00″N 90°51′00″W / 14.20000°N 90.85000°W | |
| 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 |
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 | |||||||||||||
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| 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.
