Guatemala Quick Facts

Capital: Guatemala

Population: 12,293,545

Area: 108,890 sq km

Official Language: Spanish

Administrative Divisions: 22 departments

Government: constitutional democratic republic

 

Source: CIA World Factbook 2006

Highlights from Guatemala - 2006 trip (click links for Wikipedia information):

• Arrive in Quetzaltenango and talk on Mayan Cosmovision by Audelino Sac
• Arrive in Chichicastenango and free time at the Market
• Talk by the ex-guerrilla, Pablo Ceto
• Visited the indigenous community of Chontala
• Participated in the Mayan Ceremony at Pascual Abaj Mayan site, by Pedro Yac & Fabiana Cochoy
• Toured Santiago Atitlan, Visited Maximon, the brotherhood, the church by Dolores Ratzan
• Had a free day in Antigua (options to go to hike the Volcano Pacaya or spend the day in Antigua)
• Learned the History of Garifuna People by Rogelio Lino
• Toured the Site of Tikal
• Observed the sunset on a Mayan temple