Iztapa, or Puerto de Iztapa, is a municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in the Escuintla department

Departments of Guatemala

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 of Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala 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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Located in the shores of Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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 and surrounded by Michatoya and Maria Linda rivers, and also by the Canal de Chiquimulilla. Its population is about 15,000 people.

Archaeology

Fishtail points, the most common style of tool manufacturing in South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

, were discovered in Iztapa (c. 7700–7300 BCE). They are considered to be the remains of an archaic Iztapan culture.

Sports

Deportivo Iztapa

Deportivo Iztapa

Club Deportivo Iztapa, is a Guatemalan football club based in Puerto Iztapa, Escuintla Department. They play their home games in the Estadio Municipal Morón.-Current squad:...

 football club play in the second tier of Guatemalan football

Primera División de Ascenso

The Primera División de Ascenso is the second highest level of the Guatemalan league system of football. Formerly, it was known as Liga Mayor "B"...

. Their home venue is the Estadio Municipal Morón.