San Vicente Pacaya

Municipality in Escuintla, Guatemala
14°24′58″N 90°38′21″W / 14.41611°N 90.63917°W / 14.41611; -90.63917Country GuatemalaDepartment EscuintlaMunicipalityEscuintlaGovernment
 • TypeMunicipalArea
 • Municipality131 km2 (51 sq mi)Population
 (census 2018)[1]
 • Municipality16,705 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi) • Urban
8,942 • Religions
Roman Catholicism EvangelicalismClimateCwb

San Vicente Pacaya (Spanish pronunciation: [sam biˈsente paˈkaʝa]) is a town and 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
Mean daily maximum °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) 		24.2
(75.6)
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) 		19.1
(66.5)
Mean daily minimum °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) 		14.1
(57.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4
(0.2) 		4
(0.2) 		8
(0.3) 		29
(1.1) 		157
(6.2) 		303
(11.9) 		235
(9.3) 		210
(8.3) 		313
(12.3) 		180
(7.1) 		29
(1.1) 		10
(0.4) 		1,482
(58.4)
Source: Climate-Data.org[2]

Geographic location

Places adjacent to San Vicente Pacaya
Palín, Escuintla municipality Santa María de Jesús, Sacatepéquez municipality
Amatitlán, Guatemala Department municipality		 Villa Canales, Guatemala department municipality
(enter location)
 Pueblo Nuevo Viñas, Santa Rosa municipality[3]
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

  • flagGuatemala portal
  • iconGeography portal

Notes and references

References

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  2. ^ "Climate: San Vicente Pacaya". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b 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 14 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.