Zacapa, Guatemala
🇬🇹 Zacapa is the departmental capital municipality of Zacapa Department, one of the 22 Departments of Guatemala. It is located approximately 112 km (70 mi) from Guatemala City.
Sport 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.
Economy Zacapa is mainly a rural area that contains a large amount of flat land used mostly to grow cantaloupe, tobacco and roma tomatoes. Bordering the Zacapa valley is the Sierra de las Minas, which harbors fine hardwood forests, and contains marble mines and coffee plantations. Some of the world's finest jade is also found in this area.
Municipalities 1 Cabañas; 2 Estanzuela; 3 Gualán; 4 Huité; 5 La Unión; 6 Río Hondo; 7 San Diego; 8 San Jorge; 9 Teculután; 10 Usumatlán; 11 Zacapa.
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Zacapa has a population of over 60,424 people. Zacapa also forms the centre of the wider Zacapa Department which has a population of over 245,374 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Zacapa has links with:
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🇬🇹 Santa Cruz del Quiché 15.017
🇹🇭 Lam Plai Mat 15.017
🇵🇭 Dolores Piring 15.065
🇵🇭 San Fernando City 15.068
🇵🇭 San Fernando 15.068
🇹🇭 Nakhon Ratchasima 14.967
🇬🇹 San Marcos 14.95
🇵🇭 San Rafael 14.95
🇬🇹 Chichicastenango 14.933
🇵🇭 Floridablanca 14.93
🇬🇹 Esquipulas -89.35
🇺🇸 Bay St. Louis -89.333
🇸🇻 La Libertad -89.322
🇸🇻 El Charcón -89.317
🇺🇸 Hattiesburg -89.3
🇨🇦 Thunder Bay -89.246
🇸🇻 Santa Tecla -89.233
🇸🇻 Antiguo Cuscatlán -89.233
🇬🇹 Chiquimula -89.533
🇺🇸 Poplarville -89.533
🇺🇸 Cape Girardeau -89.545
🇺🇸 Stevens Point -89.55
Locations Near: Zacapa -89.5333,14.9667
🇬🇹 Chiquimula -89.533,14.783 d: 20.4
🇬🇹 Esquipulas -89.35,14.567 d: 48.6
🇭🇳 Nueva Ocotepeque -89.183,14.433 d: 70.2
🇭🇳 Copán -88.783,14.767 d: 83.6
🇭🇳 Santa Rosa de Copán -88.783,14.767 d: 83.6
🇸🇻 Santa Ana -89.557,13.991 d: 108.5
🇬🇹 Cobán -90.367,15.483 d: 106.3
🇬🇹 Chinautla -90.501,14.703 d: 108.1
🇭🇳 Gracias -88.567,14.583 d: 112.3
🇬🇹 Guatemala City -90.533,14.6 d: 115
Antipodal to: Zacapa 90.467,-14.967
🇮🇩 Bengkulu 102.25,-3.783 d: 18223
🇮🇩 Bengkulu City 102.264,-3.792 d: 18222.5
🇮🇩 Liwa 104.083,-5.033 d: 18161.2
🇮🇩 Lubuklinggau 102.85,-3.283 d: 18136.5
🇮🇩 Tanggamus 104.623,-5.385 d: 18136.5
🇮🇩 Padang 100.355,-0.951 d: 18115.6
🇮🇩 Teluk Dalam 97.8,0.55 d: 18110.6
🇮🇩 Lahat 103.567,-3.738 d: 18113.2