where is guatemala located?
Guatemala. Location: Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) between Honduras and Belize Geographic coordinates: 15 30 N, 90 15 W Map references: Central America and the Caribbean Area: total: 108,890 sq km land: 108,430 sq km water: 460 sq km Capital: name: Guatemala geographic coordinates: 14 37 N, 90 31 W Population: 13,002,206 (July 2008 est.) Ethnic groups: Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish – in local Spanish called Ladino) and European 59.4%, K’iche 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9%, Q’eqchi 6.3%, other Mayan 8.6%, indigenous non-Mayan 0.2%, other 0.
Guatemala is located in Central America. It has ten and one half million inhabitants, with one of the highest levels of poverty in Latin America. Guatemala registers the highest rate of illiteracy in the American continent. According to data of the World Health Organization, Guatemala is one of the countries with the most alarming levels of infant mortality and malnutrition, with one of the most entrenched systems of exploitation and uneven distribution of wealth. Guatemala lived in armed conflict for 36 years, which amounted to the longest in Latin American history. It cost Guatemala more than 150,000 lives, 45,000 “disappearances” and created a countless number of orphans. On December 29, 1996, the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) and the Guatemalan government signed a global Peace Accord, seeking to resolve the problems generated by the internal armed conflict in Guatemala.
