Zacapa

Coordinates: 14°58′N 89°32′W / 14.967°N 89.533°W / 14.967; -89.533
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Zacapa
Municipality
Official seal of Zacapa
Zacapa is located in Guatemala
Zacapa
Zacapa
Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°58′N 89°32′W / 14.967°N 89.533°W / 14.967; -89.533
Country Guatemala
Department Zacapa
MunicipalityZacapa
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
 • MayorJulio Sanchez
Area
 • Municipality397 km2 (153 sq mi)
Elevation
120 m (390 ft)
Population
 (Census 2018)
 • Municipality60,424[1]
 • Density152/km2 (390/sq mi)
 • Urban
60,370[2]
 • Ethnicities
Ladinos
 • Religions
Catholicism
Evangelicalism
ClimateBSh
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Zacapa (Spanish pronunciation: [saˈkapa]) is the departmental capital municipality of Zacapa Department, one of the 22 Departments of Guatemala. It is located approximately 112 kilometres (70 mi) from Guatemala City.

Sports[edit]

Football club Deportivo Zacapa competes in Guatemala's top division and play their home games at the Estadio David Ordoñez Bardales. Their team mascot is the Gallo (rooster).

Etymology[edit]

Historian and poet, Capitán Don Francisco Antonio De Fuentes Y Guzmán notes in his Remembrance Florida, the name Zacapa derives from Nahuatl Zacatl meaning grass or weed, and apan meaning in the river, a word which in turn is composed of atl also meaning water, river, and apan. Zacapa means on the river of grass.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
  2. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala

14°58′N 89°32′W / 14.967°N 89.533°W / 14.967; -89.533