Guatemala - Gwatemala

Guatemala
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Capital city	Guatemala
Political system	republic
Currency	quetzal
Surface	108 890
Population	17 263 239
Tongue	Spanish
religion	Catholicism
Code	502
Internet domain	.gt
Time zone	UTC -6
Time zone	UTC -6

Other places with the same name have been collected on the site Guatemala (disambiguation).

Guatemala - country in Central America located on the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It borders with El Salvador (203 km), Honduras (256 km), Mexico (962 km), Belize (266 km) - the total length of the borders is 1687 km, in addition, 400 km of the sea coast.

Characteristic

Geography

Climate

Guatemala has a tropical climate.

History

Policy

Economy

Drive

By car

By plane

The largest airport in Guatemala is the international airport Aurora located in the capital of the country: Guatemala, another airport is Flores.

By rail

By bus

By ship

Regions

Guatemala is divided into 22 departments (departamentos), which are further subdivided into municipalities (municipios).

Departments of Guatemala

no. department population 2002 population1994 areas in km² capital number of communes

1. Alta Verapaz 776 246 543 777 8 686 Cobán 17

2. Baja Verapaz 215 915 155 480 3 124 Salamá 8

3. Chimaltenango 446 133 314 813 1 979 Chimaltenango 16

4. Chiquimula 302 485 230 767 2 376 Chiquimula 11

5. Petén 366 735 224 884 35 854 Flores 13

6. El Progreso 139 490 108 400 1 922 Guastatoya 8

7. Quiché 655 510 437 669 8 378 Santa Cruz del Quiché 21

8. Escuintla 538 746 386 534 4 384 Escuintla 13

9. Guatemala 2 541 581 1 813 825 2 126 Guatemala 17

10. Huehuetenango 846 544 634 374 7 400 Huehuetenango 32

11. Izabal 314 306 253 153 9 038 Puerto Barrios 5

12. Jalapa 242 926 196 940 2 063 Jalapa 7

13. Jutiapa 389 085 307 491 3 219 Jutiapa 17

14. Quetzaltenango 624 716 503 857 1 951 Quetzaltenango 24

15. Retalhuleu 241 411 188 764 1 856 Retalhuleu 9

16. Sacatepéquez 248 019 180 647 465 Antigua Guatemala 16

17. San Marcos 794 951 645 418 3 791 San Marcos 29

18. Santa Rosa 301 370 246 698 2 955 Cuilapa 14

19. Sololá 307 661 222 094 1 061 Sololá 20

20. Suchitepéquez 403 945 307 187 2 510 Mazatenango 20

21. Totonicapán 339 254 272 094 1 061 Totonicapán 8

22. Snap 200 167 157 008 2 690 Snap 10

Total 11 237 196 8 331 874 108 889 335

Cities

According to official data from 2005, Guatemala had over 100 cities with a population of over 10,000. residents. The capital of the country, Guatemala, was the only city with over half a million inhabitants; 3 cities with a population of 100,000 ÷ 500,000; 8 cities with a population of 50,000 ÷ 100,000; 21 city with a population of 25,000 ÷ 50,000 and the rest of the cities below 25,000 residents.

• Guatemala
• Villa Nueva
• Quetzaltenango
• Antigua Guatemala
• Escuintla
• Mazatenango
• Coban
• Mixco
• Chimaltenango

Interesting places

• Quiriguá - archaeological site in the department of Izabal. From 1981 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
• Tikál - Mayan city located in the department of Petén. From 1981 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
• Takalik Abaj - archaeological site in the Retalhuleu department with the oldest monuments from the 9th century BC

Transport

Tongue

The official language of Guatemala is Spanish. However, often, especially in rural areas, knowledge of the Spanish language is poor and autochthonous languages ​​are used. The most important of them are the 22 Mayan languages ​​(the most popular mame and kitsch) as well as Garifuna, Xincan and Arawakan. Mam and kitsch languages ​​are often used on the radio and in the press in areas where the predominant population of these languages ​​is.

Shopping

Gastronomy

Accommodation

Security

Health

contact

Diplomatic representations

Diplomatic missions accredited in Guatemala

No Polish diplomatic mission. A country under the territorial competence of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Panama (Republic of Panama).

Diplomatic representations accredited in Poland

No office - Poland is served by the Embassy of the Republic of Guatemala in Berlin (Germany).