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Republic o Guatemala

República de Guatemala
Motto: 
  • "Libre Crezca Fecundo"[1]
  • "El País de la Eterna Primavera"
  • "The Laund o the Eternal Spring"[2]
AnthemHimno Nacional de Guatemala
Naitional anthem o Guatemala
Location o Guatemala
Caipital
and largest city
Guatemala Ceety
14°38′N 90°30′W / 14.633°N 90.500°W / 14.633; -90.500
Offeecial leidsSpaingie
Ethnic groups
(2010)
Demonym(s)Guatemalan
GovrenmentUnitar presidential republic
• Preses
Bernardo Arévalo
Karin Herrera
LegislaturCongress of the Republic
Unthirldom frae the Spaingie Empire
• Declared
15 September 1821
• Declared fre the
First Mexican Empire
1 Julie 1823
• Current constitution
31 Mey 1985
Aurie
• Total
108,889 km2 (42,042 sq mi) (107t)
• Water (%)
0.4
Population
• 2014 estimate
15,806,675[3] (66t)
• Density
129/km2 (334.1/sq mi) (85t)
GDP (PPP)2015 estimate
• Total
$124.941 billion[4]
• Per capita
$7,680[4]
GDP (nominal)2015 estimate
• Tot
$66.037 billion[4]
• Per capita
$4,059[4]
Gini (2007)55.1
heich
HDI (2011)Steady 0.574[5]
medium · 125th
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
Drivin sidericht
Cawin code+502
ISO 3166 codeGT
Internet TLD.gt
Territorial organization

Guatemala (pronounced /ˌɡwɑːtəˈmɑːlə/ (deprecatit template); Spaingie: República de Guatemala, Spaingie pronunciation: [reˈpuβlika ðe ɣwateˈmala]), kent offeecially as the Republic o Guatemala is a kintra in Central Americae bordered bi Mexico tae the northwast, the Paceefic Ocean tae the soothwast, Belize tae the northaest, the Caribbean tae the east, an Honduras an El Salvador tae the sootheast.

A representative democracy, its caipital is Guatemala Ceety. Guatemala's abundance o biologically significant an unique ecoseestems contributes tae Mesoamericae's designation as a biodiversity hotspot.

Etymologie

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The oreegin o the name "Guatemala" is unclear, but several theories exist. "Guatemala" is derived frae "Goathemala", which means "the laund o the trees" in the Maya-Toltec leid. Anither theory is that it comes frae the Nahuatl expression "Cuauhtitlan", meanin "atween the trees". Cuauhtitlan wis the name the Tlaxcaltecan sodgers who accompaniet Pedro de Alvarado durin the Spaingie Conquest gae tae this territory. Lastly, thare is a theory that it is the Spaingie corruption o a Nahoa wird coactmoct-lan, meanin "laund o the snake eatin bird".

References

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  1. Banco de Guatemala 1996.
  2. Aguirre 1949, p. 254.
  3. Instituto Nacional de Estadística 2014.
  4. a b c d International Monetary Fund (2015). "Guatemala".
  5. United Nations 2011, p. 129.