Guatemala

About Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America, one of the 35 countries of the Americas on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Guatemala. In Arabic, the name is written غواتيمالا, and the capital مدينة غواتيمالا. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Western hemispheres.

The capital of Guatemala is Guatemala City. Guatemala City lies at about 15° north and 91° west. The official language of Guatemala is Spanish. Its currency is the Guatemalan Quetzal, with the symbol ⁨Q⁩ and the international code GTQ.

Guatemala covers about 108,889 square kilometres, which puts it 105th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 4 countries: Mexico, Honduras, Belize, and El Salvador. The largest of these neighbours by area is Mexico. Other countries in Central America include Nicaragua, Panama, and Costa Rica. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Americas quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Guatemala with the other countries of the same region.