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See also Holy Week processions in Guatemala

Although amaranth was cultivated on a large scale in ancient Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru, nowadays it is only cultivated on a small scale there, along with India, China, Nepal, and other tropical countries ; thus, there is potential for further cultivation in those countries, as well as in the U. S. In a 1977 article in Science, amaranth was described as " the crop of the future.

* 1902 – Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, is destroyed by an earthquake.

Belize is bordered to the north by Mexico, south and west by Guatemala, and to the east by the Caribbean Sea.

Central America is part of the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from northern Guatemala through central Panama.

In 1540, Spain established the Captaincy General of Guatemala, which extended from southern Mexico to Costa Rica, and thus encompassed most of what is currently known as Central America, with the exception of British Honduras ( present-day Belize ).

This union consisted of the present day nations of Guatemala ( which included the former state of Los Altos ), El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica ( which included a region which is now part of Panama, and the Guanacaste Province which was once part of Nicaragua ), and Soconusco, a portion of the modern Mexican state of Chiapas.

Rhodnius prolixus is the principal vector in Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Honduras and some parts of Nicaragua and El Salvador.

* Also, the auditorium of the school of economics in Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala is named after him.

Guatemala City ( in full, La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción ; locally known as Guatemala or Guate ), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America.

It is also the capital city of the local Municipio de Guatemala, and Guatemala Department.

The city is located at, in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita in the south central part of the country Guatemala.

Within the confines of modern Guatemala City is the ancient Maya city of Kaminaljuyu.

Guatemala City is the economic, governmental, and cultural capital of the Republic.

Guatemala City is generally mild, almost springlike, throughout the course of the year.

Guatemala City is subdivided into 22 zones designed by the urban engineering of Raúl Aguilar Batres, each one with its own streets and avenues, making it pretty easy to find addresses in the city.

The city's metro area has recently grown very rapidly and has absorbed most of the neighboring municipalities of Villa Nueva, San Miguel Petapa, Mixco, San Juan Sacatepequez, San José Pinula, Santa Catarina Pinula, Fraijanes, San Pedro Ayampuc, Amatitlán, Villa Canales, Palencia and Chinautla forming what is now known as the Guatemala City Metropolitan Area.

Guatemala City is home to many communication company headquarters, the most popular being Tigo, Claro-Telgua, and Movistar-Telefónica.

Guatemala City is subdivided into 22 zones designed by the urban engineering of Raúl Aguilar Batres, each one with its own streets and avenues, making it very easy to find addresses in the city.

Guatemala City is the spot where three ( continuous ) highways of the country start.

Guatemala City possesses several sportsgrounds and is home to many sports clubs.

This is celebrated in Cubulco, Guatemala July 18 – 25

Jörg played all the remaining tour dates until January 31 in Guatemala City, and celebrated with a special Finnish " Farewell Jörg " tour from November 18 to November 26.

Las Posadas is a nine-day celebration with origins in Spain, now celebrated chiefly in Mexico, Guatemala and parts of the Southwestern United States, beginning December 16 and ending December 24, on evenings ( about 8 or 10 PM ).

Tecún Umán was declared a National Hero of Guatemala on March 22, 1960 and is celebrated annually on February 20.

In Guatemala, Children's Day is celebrated on October 1.

A case officer said that the Central Intelligence Agency did little to hide knowledge of its paramilitary invasion of Guatemala from the American public, “ The figleaf was very transparent, threadbare .” The New York Times celebrated the Guatemalan coup d ’ état as “ the first successful anti-Communist revolt since the last war .” Moreover, in the same newspaper, Milton Brackersan misinformed readers, that “ there is no evidence that the United States provided material aid or guidance ” to the anti-Communist freedom fighters, and that “ the overturn meets only part of the problem of Communism.

He won his 100th cap against Guatemala in Polokwane in a 5-0 win on 3 May 2010, and celebrated by taking to the field wearing the number 100 on the back of his shirt.

He had not yet undertaken the great exploit of his later years, the rediscovery of the ancient Inca highway, the route of Pizarro in Peru, but he had climbed to the original El Dorado, the Andean lake of Guatemala, and he had scaled the southern Sierra Nevada with its Tibetan-like people and looked into the emerald mines of Muzo.

The President also conferred with emissaries from Guatemala and Nepal who are seeking more foreign aid.

Costa Rica's distance from the capital in Guatemala, its legal prohibition under Spanish law to trade with its southern neighbors in Panama, then part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada ( i. e., Colombia ), and the lack of resources such as gold and silver, made Costa Rica into a poor, isolated, and sparsely inhabited region within the Spanish Empire.

Central America then emerged as a distinct political entity upon the independence of the Federal Republic of Central America a representative democracy with its capital at Guatemala City.

An early Classic ( 460 – 480 AD ) period Mayan tomb from the site of Rio Azul, Guatemala, had vessels with the Maya glyph for cacao on them with residue of a chocolate drink.

Likewise, the fall of Guatemala would end with the fall of neighboring Mexico.

The country borders the North Pacific Ocean to the south and southwest, with Guatemala to the north-northwest and Honduras to the north-northeast.

El Salvador has 545 km of borders, including 342 km of borders with Honduras and 203 km with Guatemala.

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua also are negotiating a free trade agreement with Canada, and negotiations started on 2006 for a free trade agreement with Colombia.

In September 1996, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras opened free trade talks with Mexico.

Guatemala City offers all the modern amenities along with important historic sites that a world class city can be expected to have ranging from an IMAX Theater to the Ícaro film festival ( Festival Ícaro ) featuring films produced in Guatemala and Central America.

Guatemala City's population has experienced drastic growth since the 1970s with the influx of indigenous migrants from the outlying departments as well as a large influx of foreign groups.

For this reason along with several others, Guatemala City has experienced some growth problems such as transportation saturation, availability of safe potable water in some areas at certain times as well as increased crime.

Buildings in Guatemala City as seen from La Aurora Int ' l Airport Concourse with the old historic airport in the forefront.

View of Guatemala City with the Agua, Fuego and Acatenango volcanoes in the background.

In February 2007, a very large, deep circular hole with vertical walls opened in a poor neighborhood in northeast Guatemala city, killing three people.

Guatemala City is twinned with: