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Facts Guatemala
Total Area:
108,890 sq km
Population: 12,293,545
Independence:
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Ethnic groups: Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) and European 59.4%, K'iche 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9%, Q'eqchi 6.3%, other Mayan 8.6%, indigenous non-Mayan 0.2%, other 0.1% (2001 census)
Total fertility rate: 3.82 children born/woman
Net migration rate: -1.94 migrants/1,000 population
click here for more facts ( July 2006 est.)
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Solola Market, Lake Atitlan and our ride to the border We explored the weekly indigenous market in Solola, visited the beautiful lake of Atitlan, biked up and down through Guatemala's mountains which ended with a long downnhill ride to the Mexican border (Dec 07)
Guatemala City and Antigua We biked into Guatemala City to revisit the city Ryan used to live in six years ago and then continued to Antigua, a popular tourist destination from where we took a trip to the active Volcano Pacaya (Nov-Dec 07)
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Guatemala
