Guatemala

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coat of arms of Guatemala

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Location of Guatemala

Departments 1.Alta Verapaz 2.Baja Verapaz 3.Chimaltenango 4.Chiquimula 5.Petén 6.El Progreso 7.El Quiché 8.Escuintla 9.Guatemala 10.Huehuetenango 11.Izabal 12.Jalapa 13.Jutiapa 14.Quetzaltenango 15.Retalhuleu 16.Sacatepéquez 17.San Marcos 18.Santa Rosa 19.Sololá 20.Suchitepéquez 21.Totonicapán 22.Zacapa

Brief Introduction

Capital: Guatemala City Official Language: Spanish Area  - Total 108,890 km²   

-  Water 0.4 % Population - July,2008  estimate13,000,001  Currency: QuetzalUS$1.00=Q7.50 Time zone: UTC -6 Calling code: +502

History

History 4century to 11century (Petén,Maya) 1523 Spain 1821/9/15(got rid of spain),1823~1839(a

member of Federal Republic of Central America),1840(independent)

1841~1871conservative 19871~1944( democratic, modernizw

economy) 1944(Oct. Revolution),1950~1954 1957 1996(peace contract) 2007/9/9

Politics

Politics

Guatemala is a presidential representative democratic republic.

Independence from Spain

-15th September, 1821 Four-years turn = president election Everybody allow to vote (over 18 years old)

Political Party

National Unity of Hope (UNE) Patriotic Party (PP) Grand national Alliance (GANA) Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) Social Action Centre (CASA)

Main office holders

Office Name Party Since

President Alvaro Colom Caballeros

UNE 14 January 2008

Vice President

José Rafael Espada

UNE 14 January 2008

EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA

Ambassador:

H.E.AMB. Héctor Iván Espinoza Farfán Address:

3F, 9-1, Lane 62, Tienmu W. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, 111, R.O.C.

Economy

Economy

GDP $64.76 billion (2007)

GDP growth 2.1% (2007)

GDP per capita

US$ 5.000 (2007)

Inflation: 5.5% (2007)

A market in Guatemala

labor force by occupation:

agriculture:13.3%

industry: 25.8%

services: 60.9% Main products of agriculture: sugarcane,

corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens.

Main Industries: sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism, etc…

Export & Import

Exports: $6.94 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities: coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel,

bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom

Exports - partners: US 39.6%, El Salvador 13.4%,

Honduras 8.1%, Mexico 5.9%, Nicaragua 4.4%, Costa Rica 4.2% (2007est.)

Imports: $12.62 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities: fuels, machinery and transport

equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity

Imports - partners: US 32.9%, Mexico 9.4%, China

6.4%, El Salvador 5.7%, South Korea 5.1% (2007est.)

People

Population

Age structure:

0-14 years:

-40.1% (male 2,653,915/female 2,565,841) 15-64 years:

-56.2% (male 3,539,874/female 3,762,471) 65 years and over:

-3.7% (male 222,303/female 257,802)

(2008 est.)

People

Maya, descendant of Africa(Caribbean Sea)

Rural village>city

Catholicism, Protestantism..

Spanish, Maya

Culture

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Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala (Wikipedia)• http://www.mofa.gov.tw/webapp/ct.asp?xItem=113&ctnode=1131&mp=1

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of China (TAIWAN))• http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%B1%E5%9C%B0%E9%A9%AC

%E6%8B%89• http://www.boca.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=950&ctNode=56&mp=1• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gt.html

(Factbook)• www.xianqiao.net:8080/gb/5/8/16/n1020531.htm • http://www.abyznewslinks.com/guate.htm (ABYZ newslinks)• http://search.cnn.com/search.jsp?

query=Guatemala&type=news&sortBy=date&intl=false (CNN news)