What is the Capital of Guatemala?
Capital City |
Guatemala City |
Capital location |
14 37 N, 90 31 W |
Capital - history |
the Spanish conquistadors used many native Americans as allies in their conquest of Guatemala; the site of their first capital (established in 1524), a former Maya settlement, was called "Quauhtemallan" by their Nahuatl-speaking Mexican allies, a name that means "land of trees" or "forested land", but which the Spanish pronounced "Guatemala"; the Spanish applied that name to a re-founded capital city three years later and eventually it became the name of the country |
Capital - time difference |
UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |
Capital City Map of Guatemala
Source: Google Maps
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