Zacapa is a department located on the Northeast side of Guatemala known as "Oriente" which means East. It is approximately 70 miles or 112 kilometers from Guatemala City. On the Northern Border of Zacapa lies the departments of Alta Verapaz and Izabal; to the East lies the Border of the Republic of Honduras; it borders the southern departments of Chiquimula and Jalapa and to the West the department of El Progreso.