Zacapa () is the departmental capital municipality of
Zacapa Department
Zacapa () is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. It lies in eastern Guatemala with its capital in the city of Zacapa, approximately 112 kilometers (70 miles) from Guatemala City.
Geography
To the north lie the departments of Alta Verapa ...
, 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
Club Social y Deportivo Zacapa was a Guatemalan professional football club from Zacapa. They were nicknamed ''"Los Gallos"'' (The Roosters). They competed in the Liga Nacional, the first tier of Guatemalan football. The team played its home game ...
competes in
Guatemala's top division and play their home games at the
Estadio David Ordoñez Bardales
The Estadio Municipal David Alfonso Ordóñez Bardales is a football stadium located in Zacapa, Guatemala. It was home to Liga Nacional club Zacapa
Zacapa () is the departmental capital municipality of Zacapa Department, one of the 22 Departm ...
. Their team mascot is the Gallo (rooster).
Etymology
Historian and poet, Capitán Don
Francisco Antonio De Fuentes Y Guzmán
Francisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzmán (1643–1700) was a Guatemalan ''criollo people, criollo'' historian and poet. His only surviving work is the ''Recordación Florida''.
Biography
Fuentes y Guzmán was born to a wealthy family in Santiago d ...
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
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Zacapa rum
Zacapa () is the departmental capital municipality of Zacapa Department, one of the 22 Departments of Guatemala. It is located approximately from Guatemala City.
Sports
Football club Deportivo Zacapa competes in Guatemala's top division and ...
, a brand named for this department.
References
Municipalities of the Zacapa Department
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