San Vicente Pacaya
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 | |||||||||||||
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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
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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
Notes and references
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- ^ "Climate: San Vicente Pacaya". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ixcanul está en casa". ElPeriódico (in Spanish). Guatemala. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on August 24, 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.