Guatemala Ceety

Guatemala La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción
—  Ceety  —
Guatemala Ceety
Motto: "Todos somos la ciudad" (We aw are the ceety)
Guatemala Location athin Guatemala
Coordinates: 14°36′48″N 90°32′7″W
Kintra	Guatemala
Depairtment	Guatemala
Municipality
Established	1773
Govrenment
- Mayor	Alvaro Arzu (PU. Partido Unionista)
Aurie
- Ceety	692 km2 (267.2 sq mi)
- Laund	1,905 km2 (735.5 sq mi)
- Watter	0 km2 (0 sq mi)
Hicht	1,500 m (4,921 ft)
Indwallers (2011 Estimate)
- Ceety	1,110,100
- Metro	4,100,000
Time zone	Central America (UTC-6)
Wabsteid	Municipalidad de Guatemala

Guatemala Ceety (in full, La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción; locally kent as Guatemala or Guate), is the caipital an lairgest ceety o the Republic o Guatemala. It is an aa the caipital ceety o the local Guatemala Depairtment an the lairgest ceety in Central Americae.

The ceety is locatit at 14°38′N 90°33′W, in a muntain valley cawed Valle de la Ermita in the sooth central pairt o the kintra.

History

Athin the confines o modren Guatemala Ceety is the auncient Maya ceety o Kaminaljuyu. Kaminaljuyu wis first occupied atween 1200 an 1000 BC an the ceety continued tae be inhabitit for aboot 2000 years afore it wis abandoned in the Late Classic Period o Mesoamerican chronology (600–900 AD). It is ane of Americae's maist notable archaeological steids. The centre o Kaminaljuyu wis locatit a short distance frae the auldest pairt o Guatemala Ceety. Housomeivver, in the late 20t century, the ceety grew aroond the ruins, an, in some cases, ower some o the ootlyin ruins afore they wur protectit.

Mony o the several hunder temple mounds hae been biggit ower wi freeways, shoppin centres, commerce, luxury hotels an residential auries. The central ceremonial centre o Kaminaljuyu wis housomeivver protectit bi the Guatemalan govrenment an is nou a pairk athin the ceety. Thare are an aa mony ruins still in existence, protectit bi the govrenment.

Metropolitan Cultural Centre (auld Naitional Post Office Biggin).

In Spainyie colonial times, Guatemala Ceety wis a sma toun. It haed a monastery cawed El Carmen, foondit in 1629. The caipital o the Spainyie Captaincy General o Guatemala, coverin maist o modren Central Americae, wis muived here efter a series o earthquakes - the Santa Marta earthquakes that stairtit on Julie 29, 1773 - destroyed the auld caipital, Antigua Guatemala. On September 27, 1775, Keeng Charles III o Spain officialised the muivin o the caipital. This dramatically increased the potential for expansion o the ceety.

Guatemala Ceety wis the scene o the declaration o unthirldom o Central Americae frae Spain, an became the caipital o the Federal Republic o Central Americae in 1821.

The day

Forenuin view frae a plane

Guatemala Ceety is the economic, govrenmental an cultural caipital o the Republic.

The ceety an aa functions as the main port o entry intae the kintra, wi internaitional airport, La Aurora Internaitional Airport an maist major hieweys in the kintra oreeginatin or leadin tae the ceety.

In addition tae a wide variety o restaurants, hotels an shops, the ceety haes a wide variety o airt galleries, theatres, sports venues an museums (includin some fine collections o Pre-Columbie airt) an continually affers an increasin amoont o cultural activities.

Guatemala Ceety affers aw the modren amenities alang wi important historic steids that a warld class ceety can be expectit tae hae rangin frae an IMAX Theatre tae the Ícaro film festival (Festival Ícaro) featurin film producit in Guatemala an Central Americae.

The ceety continues tae be a pole for the attraction o immigrants frae the kintra's rural auries as well as foreign immigrants.

Sports

Guatemala Ceety possesses several sportsgrunds an is hame tae mony sports clubs. fitbaa is the maist popular sport, wi CSD Municipal, Aurora FC an Comunicaciones being the main clubs. The Estadio Mateo Flores, locatit in the Zone 5 o the ceety, is the lairgest stadium in the kintra, follaed in capacity bi the Estadio Cementos Progreso an the Estadio del Ejército. An important multi-functional hall is the Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG.

The ceety haes hostit several promotional functions an some internaitional sports events: in 1950 it hostit the VI Central American an Caribbean Games, an in 2000 the FIFA Futsal Warld Championship. On Julie 4, 2007 the Internaitional Olympic Committee githered in Guatemala Ceety an votit Sochi tae become the host for the 2014 Winter Olympics an Paralympics. In April 2010, it hosted the XIVth Pan-American Mountain Bike Championships.

Guatemala Ceety wis annoonced in November 2007 tae host the 2008 edition o the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, played at the Domo Polideportivo frae Juin 2 tae Juin 8, 2008.

Internaitional relations

See an aw: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Central Americae

Twin touns — sister ceeties

Guatemala Ceety is twinned wi:

Madrid, Spain La Paz, Bolivie Managua, Nicaragua San Juan, Puerto Rico San Salvador, El Salvador

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain Kfar Saba, Israel Taipei, Taiwan (Republic o Cheenae) Trujillo, Peru

San Pedro Sula, Honduras Santa Fé de Bogotá, Colombie Mexico Ceety, Mexico Panama Ceety, Panama

References

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