Zacapa

This article is about the municipality. For the rum, see Zacapa rum.

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.

Zacapa
Municipality
Seal
Zacapa Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°58′N 89°32′W
Country	Guatemala
Department	Zacapa
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
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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.