Sacatepéquez Department

Sacatepéquez is one of the 22 departments of . The name comes from Sacatepéquez, a city from 21 November 1542, until 29 July 1773, when it was destroyed by the 1773 Guatemala earthquake.
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  • Type: department of Guatemala with 330,000 residents
  • Description: department in Guatemala
  • Also known as: “Departamento de Sacatepequez”, “Sacatepéquez”, and “Zacatepēc”

Places of Interest

Highlights include iglesia de La Merced and Iglesia de San Francisco.

Church
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The Church and Convent of La Merced is a Catholic church located in the city of in . The architect Juan de Dios Estrada was in charge of its construction from 1749. The church was dedicated in 1767.

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San Francisco el Grande is a church in , and one of the sanctuaries most frequented by the local population because of the shrine of Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur. is situated 4 km southeast of Sacatepéquez Department.

Hotel
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Santo Domingo Church and Monastery is a ruined monastery in , Guatemala. Its history can be traced back to 1538 when the Dominicans arrived in Guatemala. is situated 3½ km southeast of Sacatepéquez Department.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Antigua Guatemala.

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La is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is perhaps 's most popular tourist destination. It was the colonial Spanish capital of Central America.

Sacatepéquez Department

Latitude
14.5833° or 14° 35′ north
Longitude
-90.75° or 90° 45′ west
Population
330,000
Elevation
1,560 metres (5,118 feet)
Open location code
766FH7M2+82
Geo­Names ID
3590686
Wiki­data ID
Q508804
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Waray—“Sacatepéquez Department” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሳካቴፔቀዝ”
  • Arabic: “إدارة ساكاتيبيكيز”
  • Armenian: “Սակատեպեկես”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sakatepeques”
  • Basque: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Bengali: “সাকাতেপেকুয়েজ বিভাগ”
  • Bosnian: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Breton: “Departamant Sacatepéquez”
  • Bulgarian: “Сакатепекес”
  • Catalan: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento de Sacatepéquez”
  • Chinese: “Sacatepéquez Koān”
  • Chinese: “萨卡特佩克斯省”
  • Chinese: “薩卡特佩克斯省”
  • Croatian: “Razgovor:Sacatepéquez”
  • Danish: “Sacatepéquez Department”
  • Dutch: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Esperanto: “Departemento Sakatepekezo”
  • Esperanto: “Sakatepekezo”
  • Finnish: “Sacatepéquezin departementti”
  • French: “Département de Sacatepéquez”
  • French: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Galician: “Departamento de Sacatepéquez”
  • Georgian: “საკატეპეკესის დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Departamento Sacatepéquez”
  • German: “Sacatepequez”
  • German: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Greek: “Σακατεπέκεζ”
  • Gujarati: “સાકાટેપેક્વિઝ વિભાગ”
  • Hausa: “Sakatepeques”
  • Hindi: “सकाटेपेकेज़”
  • Hungarian: “Sacatepéquez megye”
  • Indonesian: “Departemen Sacatepéquez”
  • Italian: “dipartimento di Sacatepéquez”
  • Italian: “Dipartimento di Sacatepéquez”
  • Japanese: “サカテペケス県”
  • Javanese: “Sakatepeques”
  • Kannada: “ಸಕೆಟೆಪೆಕ್ವೆಜ್ ಇಲಾಖೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Сакатепекез”
  • Kirghiz: “Сакатепекез”
  • Korean: “사카테페케스주”
  • Ladino: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Latvian: “Sakatepekeso departaments”
  • Lithuanian: “Sakatepekeso departamentas”
  • Malay: “Sacatepequez Department”
  • Maltese: “Dipartiment ta‘ Sacatepéquez”
  • Maltese: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Marathi: “सिक्वेटेपेक्यूझ विभाग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sacatepéquez Koān”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sacatepéquez (Department)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Northern Sami: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Norwegian: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Oromo: “Sakatepeques”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਕਾਤੇਪੇਕੇਜ਼”
  • Persian: “استان ساکاتپکس”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ساکاتپکس”
  • Polish: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Portuguese: “Departamento de Sacatepéquez”
  • Portuguese: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Pushto: “ساکاتپکز”
  • Quechua: “Sacatepequez suyu”
  • Russian: “Сакатепекес”
  • Scots: “Sacatepéquez Depairtment”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sacatepéquez (departman)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Sinhala: “සකටෙපේක්වෙස් දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව”
  • Slovak: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Slovenian: “Departamento de Sacatepéquez”
  • Slovenian: “Departma Sacatepéquez”
  • Somali: “Sakatepeques”
  • Spanish: “Departamento de Sacatepéquez”
  • Spanish: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Swahili: “Sakatepeques”
  • Swedish: “Departamento de Sacatepéquez”
  • Swedish: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Tajik: “Сакатепекез”
  • Tamil: “சாக்காடேபெக்ஸ் துறை”
  • Tatar: “Sakatepeques”
  • Telugu: “సాకోజెపకీస్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดซากาเตเปเกซ”
  • Turkish: “Sacatepeques District”
  • Turkish: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Ukrainian: “Сакатепекес”
  • Urdu: “ساکاتیپیکیس ڈیپارٹمنٹ”
  • Urdu: “ساکاتیپیکیس محکمہ”
  • Uzbek: “Sakatepeques”
  • Vietnamese: “Sacatepéquez”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sacatepéquez”
  • “Sakatepek Tlatilantli”

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