https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6 Aidan Brooks en-us 2019-03-04 14:51:38 UTC 2025-04-24 08:06:08 UTC hello@padlet.com abrooks011 https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337486190 *The name Guatemala originates from a word meaning 'place of trees'.
*Guatemala's motto is the 'Country of eternal spring'.
*There are 21 other Mayan dialects spoken in Guatemala.
*Evidence of human life in the Guatemalan region dates back to 12,000 BC.
*The population of Guatemala today is more than 16 million people.
*Guatemala is the second-most populated country in both South America and Central America.



]]> 2019-03-04 14:56:46 UTC https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337486190 abrooks011 https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337492800 The coordinates of Guatemala are 15.7835° N, 90.2308° W.]]> 2019-03-04 15:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337492800 abrooks011 https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337493948 Guatemala city is located 14.6349° N, 90.5069° W

]]> 2019-03-04 15:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337493948 abrooks011 https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337920662 Hilachas are a traditional food in Guatemala.]]> 2019-03-05 14:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337920662 abrooks011 https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337925159 The life expectancy in Guatemala is 73.41 years.
The literacy rate of Guatemalans over the age of 15 is just 75%.
Population growth rate: 2.0% annual change.
The population in Guatemala is 16.91 million.
Fertility rate: 2.97 births per woman.

]]> 2019-03-05 14:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337925159 abrooks011 https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337928454 Pedro de Alvarado founded Guatemala in 1519-1521.
The name "Guatemala" comes from the Nahuatl word Cuauhtēmallān (nahwiki), or "place of many trees."]]> 2019-03-05 14:50:34 UTC https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337928454 abrooks011 https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337940065 Rainfall is heaviest from June through October, and the annual average is about 52 inches. During the dry season, days are clear and the sun is hot at midday with chilly to cold mornings and evenings. Guatemala is in a tropical climate zone.]]> 2019-03-05 15:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/337940065 abrooks011 https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/338399456 Guatemala's landscape is coursed with caves, caverns, sinkholes, and underground rivers. Non-mountainous regions of the country include the narrow Pacific and Caribbean coastal plains, and a limestone plateau in the Petén, which is geographically part of the Yucatán.]]> 2019-03-06 14:44:04 UTC https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/338399456 abrooks011 https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/338403318 Guatemala's government is a presidential republic.Jimmy Morales is the president of Guatemala. The picture below is Guatemala's government building.]]> 2019-03-06 14:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/338403318 abrooks011 https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/338405974 The top two languages spoken in Guatemala are Spanish 60%, and Amerindian languages 40%
Spanish in Guatemala is the most spoken language. In a close second comes Amerindian languages]]> 2019-03-06 14:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/338405974 abrooks011 https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/338409534 Roman Catholicism was the official religion in Guatemala during the colonial era and currently has a special status under the constitution.]]> 2019-03-06 15:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/abrooks011/vrpquoo6uxb6/wish/338409534