San Pedro Sacatepéquez, San Marcos
San Pedro Sacatepéquez is a municipality in the San Marcos depairtment o Guatemala wi a territory o 148 km2 at 2330 m altitude. The population is 63 688.
San Pedro Sacatepéquez | |
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  San Pedro Sacatepéquez Location in Guatemala | |
| Coordinates: 14°58′00″N 91°46′00″W / 14.96667°N 91.76667°W | |
| Kintra |  Guatemala |
| Depairtment | San Marcos |
| Elevation | 2,330 m (7644 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 63,688 |
The toun is connectit wi the toun o San Marcos. San Pedro wis namit efter the Saunt Peter an a rooster is the offeecial mascot. Fowk born in the ceety are kent as Shecanos acause o a local pastry "sheca" famous throuoot Guatemala. The ceety is locatit en route tae Quetzaltenango in a valley cried La Ermita y la Esmeralda. Rivalry wi the caipital ceety o San Marcos haes existit frae its beginnings awtho maistly in sports wi some events turnin tae violence. San Pedro thocht tae be the real caipital o the depairtment acause for mony years the majority o businesses wur locatit thare as supposed tae San Marcos housomeivver, Varsities, private schuils an a militar schuil are athin San Marcos. The aurie as a whole is kent for its sweaters an wairm clothin an aw. The Mayan population wears some o the maist colorful teepical garments in the kintra uisually in bricht yellaes, greens an blues. They speak their awn leid an aw an Spainyie is their seicont.
Sports eedit
Deportivo San Pedro fitbaa club hae been playin in the seicont tier o Guatemalan fitbaa syne 1996.[1]
They play their hame gemmes in the Estadio Municipal San Pedro Sacatepequez.[2]
References eedit
- ↑ DEPORTIVO SAN PEDRO Archived 2015-07-12 at the Wayback Machine - LigaPrimeraDivision (in Spaingie)
- ↑ Stadiums in Guatemala Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine - World Stadiums