Moyuta
Moyuta | |
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Moyuta Location in Guatemala | |
Coordinates: 14°02′N 90°05′W / 14.033°N 90.083°W | |
Country | Guatemala |
Department | Jutiapa |
Climate | Aw |
Moyuta is a municipality in the Jutiapa department of Guatemala.
Topography
Place | Names |
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Volcanoes | Volcán Moyuta |
Hills | El volcán, Cerro Gordo, Las Cruzadillas, Chile Dante, Loma Larga, El Zapote, Ventana, La Bandera |
Mountains | El Cuilotillo, El Maguey, San Andrés, El Quequesque, San Antonio, El Melonar, El Toro, La Nueva |
Rivers | San Miguel, San Antonio, Paz, Los Encuentros, Las Carretas y otros de menor importancia |
Ponds | Bocana del Paz, la Barra del Jiote, El Tule, Laguna Grande, El Muchacho, San Juan, Laguna Encantada, Nisguaya, Las Hojas, Laguna El Comendador |
Administrative division
The municipality has 54 villages and 30 settlements, and it annual fair takes place between 10 and 15 March.
Village | Settlements | Village | Settlements | Village | Settlements | Village | Settlements |
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Moyuta | La Lejía, El Paso y Cañada | Las Lomas | Los Laureles y El Caramo | El Pino de Santa Cruz | La Coyota | Ciudad Pedro de Alvarado | |
La Montaña | Bethania | La Ceiba | La Danta | ||||
El Paraíso | El Embarcadero. | Garita Chapina | Las Champas y El Bijagual | Las Cuarentiuna | Poza del Llano | ||
El Chagüite | Las Raíces | Las Bisnagras, El Jocotal y Zapote | Barranca Honda | Fincas de Cerro Gordo, El Zapote y Miramar | Los Achiotes | Tierra Blanca | |
Las Minas | La Cañada | Buena Vista | Los Ausoles | El Garrobo | |||
La Laguna | San Andrés | El Toro | El Obrajito | El Obraje | El Obrajito | ||
La Barrita | Barra de la Gabina y Barra del Jiote | Monterrico | El Salamar | El Naranjo | Parcelamiento Montufar | El Nuevo, Las Flores y Hacienda Vieja. | |
Valle Nuevo | Los Ángeles | Palos Abrazados | La Cruzadilla | San Antonio Miramar | |||
El Quequesque | El Nanzal | El Rosario | El Sitio | ||||
San Isidro | Loma Larga | San Cayetano | La Ceibilla | Las Hilas | Las Hilitas | El Sacamil | San Miguel |
El Pinito | Las Vigas | Las Tablas | La Laguneta | Las Cofradías | El Rodeo |
Education
Level | Names |
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Private schools |
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Public Middle and High schools |
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Public elementary schools |
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Academies |
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Climate
Moyuta has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).
Climate data for Moyuta | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) |
27.2 (81) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.64 (79.95) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.8 (69.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.48 (70.67) |
Average low °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.2 (63) |
17.0 (62.6) |
17.2 (63) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
16.6 (61.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
16.38 (61.48) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9 (0.35) |
6 (0.24) |
16 (0.63) |
62 (2.44) |
215 (8.46) |
405 (15.94) |
301 (11.85) |
297 (11.69) |
420 (16.54) |
282 (11.1) |
55 (2.17) |
16 (0.63) |
2,084 (82.04) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[2] |
Geographic location
Moyuta has an area of 380 km² and is located at 1.283 m above sea level.[2]
See also
- Guatemala portal
- Geography portal
Notes and references
References
- 1 2 3 4 SEGEPLAN n.d.
- 1 2 "Climate: Moyuta". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
Bibliography
- Boche, Evelyn; Espina, Cindy (30 August 2015). "La Patrona, el alcalde y la batalla por Moyuta". ElPeriódico (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on October 11, 2015.
- Escalante Herrera, Marco Antonio (2007). "Breve información de Moyuta". Pbase (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on June 18, 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- Juarros, Domingo (1818). Compendio de la historia de la Ciudad de Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala: Ignacio Beteta.
- Marure, Alejandro; Fuentes Franco, Andrés (1856). Catálogo razonado de las leyes de Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala: La Paz. p. 361.
- SEGEPLAN (n.d.). "Municipios del departamento de Jutiapa". SEGEPLAN, Gobierno de Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala. Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
Coordinates: 14°02′N 90°05′W / 14.033°N 90.083°W
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