Guatemala
Guatemala (officially Republic of Guatemala) is a country in Central America, with its capital at Guatemala City, and is home to roughly 18.4M people.
Spanish is the official language; the currency in circulation is Guatemalan quetzal (Q); people from here are called Guatemalan.
> INTEL_
> NOTABLE_
- »Guatemala has more than thirty volcanoes, several of them active.
- »Over twenty Mayan languages are spoken alongside Spanish.
> BORDERS_
Guatemala touches four neighbours: Belize to the northeast, El Salvador to the southeast, Honduras to the east and Mexico to the northwest. Directions run from one centre to the other.
> THE CAPITAL_
Guatemala City became capital in 1776 after earthquakes destroyed Antigua Guatemala, which had itself replaced an earlier capital destroyed by a volcanic mudflow.
> SCALE_
108,505 km² (41,894 sq mi), 104th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Cuba.
Population 18,406,359, 70th of 198 on file. That averages 170 per km² (439 per sq mi).
> THE FLAG_
The resplendent quetzal on the coat of arms is the national bird and a symbol of liberty, it is said not to survive in captivity. The scroll bears the date of Central American independence.