Guatemala Country Info - North America

Description and Basic Information

Guatemala with its capital Guatemala City is located in North America (Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean). It covers some 108,891 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Tennessee) with 13,002,000 citizens. Spanish is the language spoken by the majority in Guatemala. Mexico, Honduras, Belize and El Salvador are bordering countries.

Guatemala is a country in the Central America region of North America. It has borders to Mexico in the north/northwest, to Belize in the northeast, to Honduras in the southeast, to El Salvador in the south. Guatemala is rich in natural beauty and travel opportunities, it's a country that offers so much to those willing to step off the beaten track for a little while. Antigua Guatemala is often regarded as the travellers hub, a crumbling, picture-perfect central american town ringed by volcanoes. From here you can take a hike up Volcano Pacaya, take a bus to the bustling market of Chichicastenango, or simply sip some coffee in a street-side cafe and watch the world go by.

Pictures from Capital (Guatemala City)

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About Guatemala

The terrain offers mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau. The average density of population is about 119 per km². The climate in Guatemala can be described as tropical with hot, humid in lowlands, cooler in highlands. Possible natural disasters include numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes or Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms.

To reach someone in Guatemala dial +502 prior to a number. There are 1,413,000 installed telephones. And there are 17,308,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 850, 1900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".gt". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 120V - 60Hz. The following list are the 22 regions/states in Guatemala we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Guatemalan population grew at a rate of 2.02% (or by 273,583 citizens). With 68,294 deaths and 371,282 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.24%. -29,404 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Guatemala: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.