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San Marcos San Marcos (elevation: 7,868 feet (2,398 meters) is a city and municipality in
GuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
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It is the capital of the department of
San MarcosSan Marcos is a department in Guatemala. The capital is the city of San Marcos.-Departmental history:The department was created by a governmental decree on 8 May 1866, together with Huehuetenango, Izabal and Petén departments...
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The municipality has a population of approximately 45,000.
Sports
The city is home of the
footballAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
clubA football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in an against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...
Deportivo MarquenseClub Deportivo Marquense, also just known as Marquense, are a Guatemalan professional football club based in San Marcos, Department of San Marcos, and who compete in the Liga Nacional, the nation's top footballing division, since 2000...
who play in Guatemala's
Premier LeagueLiga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala , formerly known as Liga Mayor "A" is a professional football division in Guatemala, the highest one in the country. It is sanctioned by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala...
in the
Estadio Marquesa de la EnsenadaEstadio Marquesa de la ensenada is a soccer stadium in San Marcos, Guatemala. It is home to first division club Deportivo Marquense and has a 10,000-seat capacity....
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