Sipacate
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|subdivision_name1 = Escuintla Department
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|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 2015-10-14
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Sipacate is a resort town and municipality on the Pacific coast of Guatemala, in Escuintla Department about {{convert|36|km|mi}} west of Puerto San José. It is promoted as a venue for surfing. Being roughly in the center of the Guatemalan coastline, it is used as a breakpoint for storm warnings. The Sipicate-Naranjo National Park is located east of the town.
The municipality was formerly a part of La Gomera Municipality just north of Sipacate.
Archaeology
Some very early human settlements are documented in Sipacate, connected with early agriculture.
In sum, sediments sampled in the Sipacate locality appear to document two distinct waves of deforestation associated with early horticulture. The earliest began shortly after 3500 cal B.C. and involved multiple episodes of forest clearance over the next 800 years. The second began after 1700 cal B.C. and coincides with the archaeologically documented presence of Early Formative populations.Hector Neff, Deborah M. Pearsall, John G. Jones, Bárbara Arroyo, Shawn K. Collins, Dorothy E. Freidel, [https://www.academia.edu/4231986/ Early Maya Adaptive Patterns: Mid-Late Holocene Paleoenvironmental Evidence from Pacific Guatemala.] Latin American Antiquity, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Sep., 2006)
Climate
Sipacate has tropical climate (Köppen: Aw).
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|Jan mean C = 26.0
|Feb mean C = 26.6
|Mar mean C = 27.5
|Apr mean C = 28.6
|May mean C = 27.7
|Jun mean C = 27.7
|Jul mean C = 27.7
|Aug mean C = 27.5
|Sep mean C = 27.0
|Oct mean C = 27.1
|Nov mean C = 26.7
|Dec mean C = 26.7
|year mean C =
|Jan high C = 32.5
|Feb high C = 33.1
|Mar high C = 33.7
|Apr high C = 34.2
|May high C = 33.5
|Jun high C = 32.1
|Jul high C = 32.4
|Aug high C = 32.7
|Sep high C = 32.0
|Oct high C = 31.8
|Nov high C = 32.3
|Dec high C = 32.6
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|Jan low C = 19.5
|Feb low C = 20.1
|Mar low C = 21.4
|Apr low C = 23.0
|May low C = 23.7
|Jun low C = 23.4
|Jul low C = 23.0
|Aug low C = 22.8
|Sep low C = 23.0
|Oct low C = 22.2
|Nov low C = 21.9
|Dec low C = 20.8
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|Jan precipitation mm = 2
|Feb precipitation mm = 1
|Mar precipitation mm = 9
|Apr precipitation mm = 44
|May precipitation mm = 166
|Jun precipitation mm = 274
|Jul precipitation mm = 242
|Aug precipitation mm = 224
|Sep precipitation mm = 287
|Oct precipitation mm = 275
|Nov precipitation mm = 43
|Dec precipitation mm = 4
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{{cite web|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/53812/
|title= Climate: Sipacate
|access-date= 15 October 2015
|website= Climate-Data.org}}
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Geographic location
Sipacate is surrounded by Escuintla Departament municipalities and by the Pacific Ocean.
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|Center=Sipacate
|North=La Gomera
|South=Pacific Ocean
|East=Puerto San José{{cite web|author=SEGEPLAN|title=Municipios de Escuintla, Guatemala|url=http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=7:escuintla|location=Guatemala|website=Secretaría General de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia de la República|access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714014759/http://www.segeplan.gob.gt/2.0/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=7:escuintla|archive-date=14 July 2015|language=es}}
|West=La Gomera
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Notable people
- Tránsito Montepeque - Guatemalan international football player