Zacapa
Zacapa | |
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Municipality | |
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Coordinates: 14°58′N 89°32′W / 14.967°N 89.533°W | |
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Department | ![]() |
Municipality | Zacapa |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal |
• Mayor | Julio Sanchez |
Area | |
• Municipality | 397 km2 (153 sq mi) |
Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
Population (Census 2018) | |
• Municipality | 60,424[1] |
• Density | 152/km2 (390/sq mi) |
• Urban | 60,370[2] |
• Ethnicities | Ladinos |
• Religions | Catholicism Evangelicalism |
Climate | BSh |
http://www.inforpressca.com/zacapa/ |
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]- Zacapa rum, a brand named for this department.
References
[edit]- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of departments and municipalities in Guatemala
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of cities & towns in Guatemala
14°58′N 89°32′W / 14.967°N 89.533°W