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This is Guatemalas national flag. It is LIght blue and White.. The flag also has a green and red Quetzel in the middle of it.. The Quetzal had a scroll with the inscription(libertad 15 de septiembre de 1812) or the date of independace from spain.
Guatemala Guatemala is 108,890 Sq Km A totla of 108,430 Sq Km is land A total of 460 Sq Km is water The size of Guatemala is slightly smaller than Tennessee. Guatemala has a totla coast line of 400 Km. The total population of Guatemala is 13,002,206 people. The major ethnic groups are Ladinon and Europeans which are 59.4% of all people in Guatemala. Guatemalan peopel have a liffe expectancy of 69.99 years to live Men have 68.22 years and Women have 71.86 years.
GUATEMALA
Guatemalas Physical Geography The longitude and latitude of Guatemala is 90W and 15N There are no natural harbors on the west coast of Guatemala. THe climate of Guatemala is a tropical climate, hot and humid in the low lands and cooler in the high lands. Guatemala is mostly mountains with narrow costal plains.
Relative location Guatemala is bordering the northern part of the pacific ocean. Guatemala is between El Salvador and mexico its also between Honduras and Belize
Guatemala got its independence from spain on the 15th of september in 1812
THe Capital of Guatemala is Guatemala City
Guatemala was once a place of an impressive mayan civilization, Guatemala was taken over by spanish man Pedro De Alvarado in 1524. From 1898 to 1920 Dictator Manuel Estrada Cabrera ran the country. in 1931 to 1944 General Jorge Ubico Castaneda served as Strongman. Guatemala went threw many dictators in years to come. In 1960 Guatemala was plunged into a civil war that would last 26 years. By the end of the war 200,000 people lie dead. A succession of military dominated during hte civil war, a new constitution was passed and civilian Marco Vinicio Cerezo Aervalo was elected and took officein 1986. After him Jorge Serrano Elias in 1991 and in 1993 Serrano moved to dissolve congress and the supream count and suspend constitutional rights. But the military deposed Serrano and allowed the inaugration of Ramiro De Leon Carpio, the fromal attorney general for human rights. A peace agreement was finaly Singed in December of 1996 by President Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen.
