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What is the economic base of Escuintla city and which parks or ZDEEPs are nearby?

According to the cited documentsEconomic profile from: secondary sourceMunicipalities

Escuintla town is the capital of the department with the country's second-largest GDP (nominal departmental GDP 2024 per Banguat: Escuintla Q77,778.7 million, behind Guatemala at Q382,594.2 million and ahead of Quetzaltenango at Q38,202.0 million); its base is sugar agro-industry (the San Diego, Pantaleón/Concepción and Santa Ana mills), thermal power generation (San José and private complexes), chemicals and consumer goods (Procter & Gamble, La Colombina, Cervecería del Sur), foundry work and animal feed (secondary source). FUNDESA drew up a Territorial Economic Development Plan for the 'Escuintla Port Region' covering the sugar, banana, real-estate, manufacturing, tourism and logistics value chains. Nearby ZDEEPs: NUMA (km 65.7 of the CA-2), Puma 1 and Tecnopark (km 67.5). The reconstruction of the motorway to Puerto Quetzal will affect four municipalities in the department.

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Sources

  • DeGuate

    Economía de Escuintla

    departamentos.deguate.comAccessed Aug 19, 2026Go to the source
  • FUNDESA

    Diagnóstico Región Portuaria de Escuintla

    fundesa.org.gtAccessed Aug 19, 2026Go to the source
  • Prensa Libre

    Cuatro municipios de Escuintla impactados por reconstrucción de autopista a Puerto Quetzal

    prensalibre.comAccessed Aug 19, 2026Go to the source
  • Banguat

    Producto Interno Bruto Regional 2024, PIB departamental nominal

    banguat.gob.gtAccessed Sep 13, 2026Go to the source