San Vicente Pacaya

San Vicente Pacaya
Municipality of Guatemala
San Vicente Pacaya

Location in Guatemala

Coordinates: 14°24′58″N 90°38′21″W / 14.41611°N 90.63917°W / 14.41611; -90.63917Coordinates: 14°24′58″N 90°38′21″W / 14.41611°N 90.63917°W / 14.41611; -90.63917
Country Guatemala
Department Escuintla
Municipality Escuintla
Government
 • Type Municipal
Population (census 2002)[1]
 • Total 7,162
 • Density 30/km2 (80/sq mi)
 • Religions Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism
Climate Cwb


San Vicente Pacaya (Spanish pronunciation: [sam biˈsente paˈkaʝa]) is a 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
Average high °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)		 24.24
(75.63)
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)		 19.15
(66.47)
Average low °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)		 14.11
(57.39)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4
(0.16)		 4
(0.16)		 8
(0.31)		 29
(1.14)		 157
(6.18)		 303
(11.93)		 235
(9.25)		 210
(8.27)		 313
(12.32)		 180
(7.09)		 29
(1.14)		 10
(0.39)		 1,482
(58.34)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

Geographic location

 Palín, Escuintla municipality Santa María de Jesús, Sacatepéquez municipality
Amatitlán, Guatemala Department municipality		 Villa Canales, Guatemala department municipality
Pueblo Nuevo Viñas, Santa Rosa municipality[3]
   (enter location)  
Escuintla, Escuintla municipality San José, Escuintla municipality Taxisco, Escuintla municipality[3]

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. ↑ "XI Censo Nacional de Poblacion y VI de Habitación (Censo 2002)". Insituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). 2002.
    2. ↑ "Climate: San Vicente Pacaya". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
    3. 1 2 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 13 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.
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