A Quick Profile of Guatemala

More info for the knowledge-hungry:

Fast Facts

-Capital:  Guatemala City

-President:  Alvaro Colom Caballeros

-Size:  108, 889 sq km (slightly smaller than Tennessee)

-Population:  13,550,440

-Life expectancy:  70.59 years

-Languages:  60% Spanish, 40% Amerindian

-Currency:  Quetzal (8 quetzales to 1 $US)

-Terrain:  Mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau

-Climate:  Hot and humid in lowlands, cooler in highlands

-GDP:  $37.66 billion

-Exports:  Coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom


*Information kindly provided by the CIA World Factbook