Official Name: | San Vicente Pacaya |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Guatemala |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guatemala |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Guatemala |
Subdivision Name1: | Escuintla |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Escuintla |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Area Total Km2: | 131 |
Population As Of: | census 2018 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 16705 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 8942 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Population Blank2: | Roman Catholicism, Evangelicalism |
Coordinates: | 14.4161°N -90.6392°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Cwb |
San Vicente Pacaya (pronounced as /es/) is a town and municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.
San Vicente Pacaya has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb).
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.[2]