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Summary on Guatemala

The country of Guatemala is home to over 12.6 million people. It is located in Central America. The word Guatemala means, “Land of the trees” in Mayan. Their national holiday is September 15 because in 1821 on that day they became an independent country. Most of the people here are called Ladinos (mixed Hispanics) and Caribs (people of the Caribbean).
The people of Guatemala speak a number of different languages. The main ones ar...