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About Guatemala
Population: 14 million
Languages: 60% speak Spanish and 40% Amerindian
About 21 different original Mayan languages are still spoken in Guatemala today.
Government type: Constitutional Democratic Republic
National Holiday: Independence Day on September 15
Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Indigenous Mayan beliefs
Name means: "Land of the trees" or "mountain of vomiting water
Gutemala is famous for it's bio diversity and ecological diversity including many species and animals.
It is known for it's regualar hit of earthquakes each year.
One famous area known to withstand the disasters is Antigua which includes; historical churches, cobble stone streets, old architectual buildings.
About the size of the US state of Tennessee.
Invented the 1st chocolate bar in Guatemala.
Blue denim aka "blue jeans" were invented in Guatemala
The average woman in Guatemala works more than any other women in the world
Very intellegent in mathametical concepts, they inveneted the concept of zero
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