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Guatemala City (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 14 38 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 14.6333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 090 22 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -90.3667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Largest city in Central America; suffered from earthquakes in 1902 and 1917-1918; city was rebuilt with modern hotels and offices; is center of nation's industry and cultural life; San Carlos University was founded in 1676; site of Olympic Games in 1950. |
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| Guatemala (preferred,C,V)
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| Nueva Guatemala (C,V)
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| Santiago de Guatemala (C,V)
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| Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala La Nueva (C,V)
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| Guatemala City (C,O,display,English-P)
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| גואטמלה סיטי (C,U,Hebrew )
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 1776 |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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since 1776, after earthquake of 1773 destroyed Antigua Guatemala |
| department capital (C) |
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| administrative center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| provincial capital (H) |
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of Central America under Mexican Empire of Agustín de Iturbide from 1822-1823 |
| capital (H) |
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of Central American Federation from 1822-1823 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Guatemala .......... (nation) |
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(World, North and Central America) [7005493] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala La Nueva.......... |
[VP] |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 358 |
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