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Guatemala Fact File
- Full Name: Republic ofGuatemala
- Capital City: Guatemala City
- Country Area: 108,889 sq km
- Land Mass Area: 107,159 sq km
- Population: 13,550,440 (2010 estimate)
- Life Expectancy: 70.59
- Ethnicity: 59.5% European and Mestizo, 9% K'iche, 9% other Mayan, 8% Kaqchikel, 8% Mam, 6% Q'eqchi, 0.5% other (2001 census)
- Religion: 57% Roman Catholic, 40% Protestant, 2% no religion, 1% Mayan religion
- Official Languages: Spanish and 23 Amerindian languates
- Internet Domain: .gt
- International Dialling Code: +502
- Monetary Unit: 1 quetzal = 100 centavos
- Government: Constitutional Demographic Republic
- Independence from Spain: 15 September 1821
Random Fact
Guatemala comes from the Mayan Toltec word meaning land of trees.
Over a third of Guatemala continues to be forest land and half of this is classified as the most biodiverse form of forest.
