Sacatepéquez
Vanished settlement · Guatemala
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1542
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 14.553, -90.755
Why it was abandoned
☢️ Disaster
Detected automatically from the text: Sacatepéquez was a city in Guatemala from November 21, 1542 until July 29, 1773 when it was destroyed by the Santa Marta earthquake.
History
Sacatepéquez was a city in Guatemala from November 21, 1542 until July 29, 1773 when it was destroyed by the Santa Marta earthquake. Sacatepéquez means "grass hill" and gave its name to the Sacatepéquez Department, founded in 1839.