Zacapa () is the departmental capital municipality of
Zacapa Department, one of the 22
Departments of Guatemala
The Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala is divided into 22 Department (country subdivision), departments (Spanish language, Spanish: ''departamentos'')
which in turn are divided into 340 Municipalities of Guatemala, municipalities. The departments ...
. It is located approximately from
Guatemala City
Guatemala City (, also known colloquially by the nickname Guate), is the Capital city, national capital and largest city of the Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala. It is also the Municipalities of Guatemala, municipal capital of the Guatemala Depa ...
.
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
Municipalities of the Zacapa Department
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