Moyuta is a town and
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Jutiapa department
Jutiapa Department is a department of Guatemala that borders along El Salvador and the Pacific Ocean. The capital is the city of Jutiapa. As of 2018, it has a population of 488,395. The department is divided into seventeen municipalities. Jut ...
of
Guatemala
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.
Topography
Administrative division
The municipality has 54 villages and 30 settlements, and it annual fair takes place between 10 and 15 March.
Education
Climate
Moyuta has a
tropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...
(
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* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...
: ''Aw'').
Geographic location
Moyuta has an area of 380
km²
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1 km2 is equ ...
and is located at 1.283 m above sea level.
See also
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Notes and references
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{{Jutiapa Department
Municipalities of the Jutiapa Department