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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Guatemala



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Guatemala mapGUATEMALA is located in Central America. Guatemala's bordering countries are Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico. It also borders the Pacific Ocean as well as the Gulf of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea. The capital is Guatemala City (Ciudad de Guatemala), which has over 900,000 residents. The currency is the Guatemalan Quetzel; the ISO 4217 currency code is GTQ. Guatemala is famous for being the center of Mayan civilization and features a plethora of ancient temples, Mayan pyramids, and historic civilizations.


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