Zacapa

14°58′N 89°32′W / 14.967°N 89.533°W / 14.967; -89.533Country GuatemalaDepartment ZacapaMunicipalityZacapaGovernment • TypeMunicipal • MayorJulio SanchezArea • Municipality397 km² (153 sq mi)Elevation120 m (390 ft)Population • Municipality60,424^[1] • Density152/km² (390/sq mi) • Urban60,370^[2] • EthnicitiesLadinos • ReligionsCatholicism
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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

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

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

• Zacapa rum, a brand named for this department.

References

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