Cool Customs and Traditions
A Cool Event that Happened
- People pray to indian gods that the people thought were land forms like hills
- A group of military leaders took control of the government and established a three-member military junta.
Guatemala Facts
Cool Facts
About
Guatemala
- The Flag:blue and white stripes
- Location: Central America; borders Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador
- Climate: tropical: average temp.: 77-86 degrease Fahrenheit
- Language: Spanish
- less than 3% of people in Guatemala own cars
- basic money: quetzal- 100 centavos=1 quetzal
- one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere
- there are more services than goods
- highest elevation: Volcan Tajumulco:13,845 ft above sea level
- 61% of the people are rural and 39% of the people are urban
The Way Of Living
Guatemala Government And Population
- The Population: 60% of the population lives on the coastal plainand 40% lives in the mountians
- Manufacturing: clothing, textiles, handicrafts, processed food and beverages
- Agriculture: banana, beans, beef cattle, cardamom, coffee, corn, cotton, and sugar cane
- The Religion: Roman Catholicism
- the esimated population is 11,980,000 people
- The government: Democracy
The Sweet Sport
- the most popular in Guatemala is football, or as it is known in the United States, soccer
- one of the best athletes there is Wilmer Garcia