Iztapa

Iztapa Ystapa
Iztapa Location in Guatemala
Coordinates: 13°55′59″N 90°42′27″W / 13.93306°N 90.70750°W / 13.93306; -90.70750Coordinates: 13°55′59″N 90°42′27″W / 13.93306°N 90.70750°W / 13.93306; -90.70750
Country	Guatemala
Department	Escuintla
Population
• Total	15,000
Climate	Aw

Iztapa (Spanish pronunciation: [isˈtapa]), or Puerto de Iztapa, is a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.

Located in the shores of Pacific Ocean and surrounded by Michatoya and Maria Linda rivers, and also by the Canal de Chiquimulilla. Its population is about 15,000 people.

As of 1850, the British were calling the Iztapa, Yetapa.

Fishtail points, the most common style of tool manufacturing in South America, were discovered in Iztapa (c. 7700–7300 BCE). They are considered to be the remains of an archaic Iztapan culture.

Deportivo Iztapa football club play in the second tier of Guatemalan football. Their home venue is the Estadio Municipal Morón.

In 1897, president José María Reina Barrios attempted to build an interoceanic railroad to offer it to international investors during the Central America Expo of that year. His ambitious plan included a terminal at Iztapa Port, which was being built to improve conditions at Puerto San José. However, the international price collapse of both coffee and silver brought all work to standstill and the railroad could not be completed; instead of the economic boom that the president had hoped for, the Expo signifiedthe end of his regime. He was eventually murdered on 8 February 1898 after he tried to extend his presidential term until 1902.

Pictures from La Ilustración Guatemalteca

Beginning of the Obero railroad.

Steamworks in Iztapa.

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