Masagua
| Masagua | |
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| Municipality of Guatemala | |
 Masagua
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| Coordinates: 14°12′00″N 90°51′00″W / 14.20000°N 90.85000°WCoordinates: 14°12′00″N 90°51′00″W / 14.20000°N 90.85000°W | |
| Country |
 Guatemala
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| Settled | 1825 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Blanca Alfaro |
| Area | |
| • Total | 473 km2 (183 sq mi) |
| Climate | Aw |
Masagua (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈsaɣwa]) is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala. In 2008 began construction for a massive power generation plant se property of in the municipality.
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 millions, 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.
Masagua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).
Masagua is 15 km from Escuintla. It is one of the municipalities that is enclosed within the Escuintla Department.
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