Zaragoza (Spanish pronunciation: [saɾaˈɣosa]) is a town, with a population of 11,176 (2018 census),[3] and a municipality in the Chimaltenango department of Guatemala.

Anne Maudslay told her adventure in the book A glimpse at Guatemala, from the Victorian Era perspective: "After riding a mile or two along a road bordered by cottages bosomed in fruit trees we rose to a bleak tableland.

It was one of the very few days of unpleasant weather which we experience during the whole of our journey; a fierce wind raised clouds of dust and rustled through the ugly dry rastrojos, or stubbles of Indian corn, which covered the plain.

We passed through the little Indian town of Zaragoza, chiefly noted for the manufacture of aparejos, the native pack-saddles.

The streets were full of gaily-dressed people assembled for a fiesta, and dancing was going on in a shed, to a monotonous sound of a marimba.