Guatemala by Ashley Holloway https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo Country/State DB 1 en-us 2015-08-14 15:47:06 UTC 2025-12-23 03:58:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/sticky.jpg History ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65953346 Pedro de Alvarado defeated the Mayan people and made it a Spanish colony. They became independent on September 15, 1821.

]]> 2015-08-14 15:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65953346 Capital ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65953807 Guatemala City, which is the largest city in the Republic of Guatemala and the most populous city in Central America.

]]> 2015-08-14 15:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65953807 Language and Religion ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65954155 The official language of Guatemala is Spanish. This country hasn't had an official religion since 1882 because they are free to choose their religion. More than 1/3 are protestant.

]]> 2015-08-14 16:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65954155 Currency and Flag ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65954364 Guatemalan quetzal is the currency of this country.

]]> 2015-08-14 16:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65954364 Major Cities ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65954587 -Guatemala City (994,938)

-Mixco (473,080)

-Villa Nueva (406,830)

-Petapa (141,455)

]]> 2015-08-14 16:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65954587 Climate ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65954776 It is tropical, hot, and humid in the lowlands and mildly cool in the highlands.

]]> 2015-08-14 16:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65954776 Points of Interest ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65954949 I would like to go to this country to visit my best friends family, help out the less fortunate, and to discover what it's like to not have everything you want but rather only what you need. (I am going this summer by the way)

]]> 2015-08-14 16:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65954949 Interesting Facts ahol5425 https://padlet.com/ahol5425/nl8gayow44lo/wish/65954982 -The terrible Guatemalan civil war lasted from 1960 to 1996.

-The first chocolate bar was created by the Mayans in Guatemala.

-5-10 people are killed every year around Christmas time from bullets shot in the air as celebration.

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