Guatemala: Republic in Central Americae
Guatemala (pronounced /ˌɡwɑːtəˈmɑːlə/ (deprecatit template); Spaingie: República de Guatemala, Spaingie pronunciation: ), 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.
Republic o Guatemala República de Guatemala | |
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| Caipital and largest city | Guatemala Ceety 14°38′N 90°30′W / 14.633°N 90.500°W |
| Offeecial leids | Spaingie |
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| Demonym(s) | Guatemalan |
| Govrenment | Unitar presidential republic |
• Preses | Bernardo Arévalo |
• Vice Preses | Karin Herrera |
| Legislatur | Congress 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 |
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• Total | 108,889 km2 (42,042 sq mi) (107t) |
• Water (%) | 0.4 |
| Population | |
• 2014 estimate | 15,806,675 (66t) |
• Density | 129/km2 (334.1/sq mi) (85t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2015 estimate |
• Total | $124.941 billion |
• Per capita | $7,680 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2015 estimate |
• Tot | $66.037 billion |
• Per capita | $4,059 |
| Gini (2007) | 55.1 heich |
| HDI (2011) |  0.574medium · 125th |
| Currency | Quetzal (GTQ) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| Drivin side | richt |
| Cawin code | +502 |
| ISO 3166 code | GT |
| Internet TLD | .gt |
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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
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".
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