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Guatemala City
Ciudad de Guatemala | |
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| Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción New Guatemala of the Assumption | |
Skyline Zone 14 National Palace of Culture Metropolitan Cathedral of Santiago Post Office Reformer's Tower Zone 4 Zone 10 Cayalá City | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Motto(s): "Todos somos la ciudad" (We are all the city), "Tú eres la ciudad" (You are the city). | |
 Interactive map outlining Guatemala City | |
 Guatemala City and its neighbors[a] | |
  Guatemala City  Guatemala City  Guatemala City .svg) Guatemala City | |
| Coordinates: 14°36′48″N 90°32′7″W / 14.61333°N 90.53528°W | |
| Country |  Guatemala |
| Department |  Guatemala Department |
| Established | 1776 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Mayor | Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus (Unionist) |
| Area | |
| • Capital city | 997 km2 (385 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,500 m (4,900 ft) |
| Population (2023 projection)[2] | |
| • Capital city | 1,221,739 |
| • Density | 5,552/km2 (14,380/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,014,000[1] |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total (Metro) | $48.1 billion[3] |
| • Per capita | $15,500 |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (Central America) |
| Climate | Aw |
| Website | www |
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Guatemala City (Spanish: Ciudad de Guatemala), known nationally also as Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala.[4] It is also a municipality capital of the Guatemala Department and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nestled in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita (English: Hermitage Valley).
Guatemala City is the site of the Mayan city of Kaminaljuyu, founded around 1500 BC. Following an earthquake in La Antigua in 1776 it was made capital of the Captaincy General of Guatemala. In 1821, Guatemala City was the scene of the declaration of independence of Central America from Spain, after which it became the capital of the newly established United Provinces of Central America (later the Federal Republic of Central America).[5]
In 1847, Guatemala declared itself an independent republic, with Guatemala City as its capital. The capital was originally located in what is now Antigua Guatemala, and was moved to its current location in 1776.[6]
Guatemala City was almost completely destroyed by the 1917–18 earthquakes. Reconstructions following the earthquakes have resulted in a more modern architectural landscape.[citation needed] Today, Guatemala City is the political, cultural, and economic center of Guatemala.
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- ^ "Guatemala City, Guatemala Population". PopulationStat. 15 July 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Guatemala: Administrative Division (Departments and Municipalities)". City Population. 6 September 2023. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021.
- ^ "TelluBase—Guatemala Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Carlos Enrique Valladares Cerezo, "The case of Guatemala City, Guatemala"" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2004.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica. (2019). United Provinces of Central America. In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved June 26, 2022. Archived 12 July 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Quiñónez, Edgar (15 August 2023). "Día de la Asunción: por qué se celebra el 15 de agosto en Guatemala" [Assumption Day: why August 15 is celebrated in Guatemala]. República. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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