Introduction to Guatemala
The Republic of Guatemala is located in northwestern Central America. It has an area of 108,889 square kilometers. It is bordered by Mexico to the west and north, Belize to the northeast, Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast, the Gulf of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The coastline is about 500 km long. The territory is mountainous and volcanic, the coastal plains are fertile and the northern forest coverage rate is high. [Breeze]
Flag of Guatemala
The flag of Guatemala is a flag consisting of three straight stripes of sky blue, white and sky blue, which is rectangular in shape and has a length-to-width ratio of 8:5. Symbolizes that Guatemala is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. White represents purity. In the middle is the national emblem. The blue-white-blue striped flag has historically also been the color of the flag of the United Provinces of Central America. The flag was adopted on August 17, 1817. The color of the flag is derived from the color of the flag of the former Central American Confederation. Blue symbolizes the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, respectively, and white symbolizes the pursuit of peace. [Breeze]
Flag of Guatemala
The Capital of Guatemala
Ciudad de Guatemala has an area of 996 square kilometers and an altitude of 1480 meters. [Breeze]
Guatemalan Trivia
1, the Guatemalan Republic covers an area of 108,900 square kilometers, which was once the center of the mayan culture of the ancient Indians, and became a Spanish colony from 1523 to 1821. [Breeze]
2, Guatemala, like the United States, can legally own guns, almost every family has it, the most is ak47, and even some families have grenades. [Breeze]
3, Guatemala is located in the tropics, there are two seasons a year, namely dry season and wet season, two-thirds of the whole territory is mountainous and plateau. Earthquakes are frequent and there are many volcanoes. Precipitation is abundant, and forests account for half of the country. [Breeze]
4, Guatemala's total population of 16.604 million people, female accounted for 52%, mostly 20 to 38 years old, ethnic groups include Indians, Indo-European mixed, white, Asian, mountain gan and so on. [Breeze]
5, Guatemala's mountain people, is the era of living in the primeval forest of the ethnic group, to fish hunting for a living, especially good at creating bows and arrows, shooting distance, and the accuracy is very high, now the Olympic shooting with bow and arrow production inspiration, from the ethnic group. [Breeze]
6, Guatemala security is not too good, the capital Guatemala City is quite OK, but in other areas, there are often robberies, kidnappings, people who go to travel are best to travel together, especially at night, do not go out. [Breeze]
7, Guatemala's bananas, coffee exported to 56 countries in the world, is the economic pillar of agriculture, half of the country's people are engaged in agriculture. [Breeze]
8, Most of Guatemala's industry is controlled by foreign capital, the industry is relatively weak, the domestic metal resources are abundant, the daily necessities are all imported, and 75% comes from the mainland. [Breeze]
9, Guatemala food prices are generally low, especially fruits, but daily necessities, electronic products are expensive, many people are still using functional machines, and the penetration rate of smart phones is not high. [Breeze]
10, there are many gangs in Guatemala, there are more than 70,000 large and small gangs in the country, there are thousands of gangs with a large number of people, and there are more than a dozen people in small groups, with zousi, casinos, fandu. [Breeze]
11, the capital of Guatemala is Guatemala City, derived from the Indian Aztec quauhtemellan, meaning "land of the Eagle people", located in the seismic belt, has been damaged by many earthquakes in history, and now there are many low buildings in the city, where the environment is beautiful, flowers bloom all year round, green grass, the seasons change is small, so it has the reputation of "Evergreen City". [Breeze]
12, Guatemala strictly prohibits abortion in response to slow population growth, and if you have abortion without permission, you will face huge fines. Polygamy has been introduced in some areas because of a serious shortage of male labour. [Breeze]
13, Guatemalans staple food is corn, the method is also strange, the most common way to do is to use cornmeal and beef sauce to make a thick soup, and especially like to put sugar, eat sweet and greasy. [Breeze]
14, Guatemala's traffic is mainly by road, there is no railway, no subway, the only railway has been completely abandoned, and many tracks have been demolished and sold by local villagers. [Breeze]
15. On February 23, 2007, a police station in Guatemala City was engulfed by a huge hole in the ground caused by the effects of Hurricane Agatha, which caused the ground to collapse. [Breeze]
16, although the medical level in Guatemala is not very high, but the average domestic life expectancy ranks first in Latin America, male 73 years old, female 69 years old. But most people are malnourished. Compulsory primary education is practised, and 68 per cent of the country's population has a primary school education. [Breeze]
17, due to the domestic economic downturn in Guatemala, coupled with the fact that there are more women and fewer men, most women choose to go to the United States and other Western countries, and there are more people engaged in ancient sports.
18, Guatemala has no diplomatic relations with the mainland, but the two countries have frequent trade exchanges. [Breeze]
19, Guatemala has a very large number of Asians, mainly Indonesians and Taiwanese, most of them are short-term business contacts, and they live very little, mainly concentrated in the capital Guatemala City. [Breeze]
20, Guatemala's national treasure is mahogany, this tree is more than 25 meters high, the diameter can reach 4 meters, is a high-quality raw material for making high-grade furniture, most of the furniture in the British royal court is made of this wood. Mahogany is one of the world's most valuable woods. [Breeze]
21, Guatemala is the world's highest black perch producing countries, most of them are located in Guatemala's largest lake, Lake Atitlan, this black perch is particularly aggressive, the lake was not originally, in 1958 black perch was introduced into the lake, since then, most of the other creatures in the lake have become extinct, becoming the world of black perch. [Breeze]
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