Guatemala City

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Guatemala City

Total population

2,450,212

Coordinates14.64°, -90.51°

Demographic figures from INE Guatemala. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Guatemala City, also known colloquially by the nickname Guate, is the national capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala. It serves as the municipal capital of the surrounding Guatemala Department. Its metropolitan area is also the largest in Central America. The city is located in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita in the south-central part of the country.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Lennart Poettering

German software engineer

Miguel Ángel Asturias

Guatemalan writer and diplomat (1899–1974)

Luis von Ahn

Guatemalan entrepreneur and computer scientist

Juan Antonio Martínez

Guatemalan President

Soluna Samay

Danish singer

Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen

Guatemalan President (1996-2000)

Álvaro Colom

President of Guatemala (2008-2012)

Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri

Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marcos

Óscar Berger

President of Guatemala (2004–2008)

Oscar Julio Vian Morales

Guatemalan archbishop (1947-2018)

Ó

Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores

Guatemalan President (1930-2016)

Óscar Mendoza Azurdia

Guatemalan President (1917–1995)

C

Carlos Batres

Guatemalan association football referee

Marco Pappa

Guatemalan footballer

José Francisco Barrundia

President of the United Provinces of Central America (1787-1854)

Alejandro M. Sinibaldi

Guatemalan politician (1825-1896)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Guatemala

• Bazargan
  7707.9 mi away · pop. 9,000
• Qaraziadin
  7756.5 mi away · pop. 23,763
• Tazeh Shahr
  7776.6 mi away · pop. 8,629
• Salmas
  7778.7 mi away · pop. 97,060
• Marand
  7807.6 mi away · pop. 130,000
• Sharafkhaneh
  7808.3 mi away · pop. 4,245
• Bonab-e-Jadid
  7813 mi away · pop. 4,430
• Khamaneh
  7813.1 mi away · pop. 3,056
• Shabestar
  7816.6 mi away · pop. 22,181
• Parsabad
  7830.8 mi away · pop. 81,782
• Kaleybar
  7836 mi away
• Khosrowshah
  7841.3 mi away · pop. 12,794

Browse all places in Guatemala →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Guatemala City

Guatemala City, Guatemala 1895

William Henry Holmes · 2021

City Maps Guatemala City Guatemala

James McFee · 2017

Study mission to Brownsville, Texas, Mexico City, Mexico, and Guatemala City, Guatemala (December 9-13, 1990)

1991

The 2005 Economic and Product Market Databook for Guatemala City, Guatemala

2005

The 2006 Economic and Product Market Databook for Guatemala City, Guatemala

Philip M. Parker · 2006

VIII Inter-American Meeting on Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Zoonoses Control, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 16-19 April 1975

Inter-American Meeting on Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Zoonoses Control Guatemala City 1975. · 1976

Guatemala

Pan-American Medical Congress (5th 1908 Guatemala City, Guatemala) · 1908

VIII Inter-American Meeting on Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Zoonoses Control, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 16-19 April, 1975

Inter-American Meeting on Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Zoonoses Control Guatemala 1975 · 1976

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Tropical Storm Cristina
  Severe Storms · 2026-06-11 · 159 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Guatemala City, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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