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Public hospital. Address: "Lic. Clemente Marroquin Rojas", 5 Av 7–26, Zona 1, Ciudad de Guatemala. [4] Hospital La Paz A branch of the central La Paz hospital in Zone 11. Address: 8a. avenida 2-48, Zona 1, Ciudad de Guatemala. [5] Hospital de la Polcia Nacional Public hospital. Address: 11 Av 4-49, Zona 1, Ciudad de Guatemala. [6]
Transmetro is a bus rapid transit system in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The first line opened on 3 February 2007. The fleet consists of modern Volvo buses made by Ciferal in Brazil. The buses have fixed stops and partly run on dedicated lanes, avoiding other traffic. Both stops and vehicles are guarded by municipal police.
Avenida Reforma ("Reform Avenue") is a main boulevard in the east-center part of Guatemala City, the capital of Guatemala. It is considered one of the main thoroughfares of Guatemala City. It is 2.26 km (1 mi) in length, and has an average width of 60 meters (197 ft) from sidewalk to sidewalk.
Farmacias Benavides S.A. de C.V. is a Mexican drugstore chain. It was founded in 1917 in Monterrey , Mexico , and is owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance . Farmacias Benavides has since returned to financial health, and is now opening new locations throughout the region.
The Vatican Pharmacy (Latin and Italian: Farmacia Vaticana) is the only pharmacy in the Vatican City. It was founded in 1874 by Eusebio Ludvig Fronmen, a Fatebenefratelli monk. [ 1 ] According to Vatican sources, it is the busiest pharmacy in the world, with 2,000 customers per day. [ 1 ]
The Green Pharmacy Cross (sometimes overlaid with Bowl of Hygieia), is widely used in Europe and India [citation needed] on pharmacy signs. A medication is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.
The capital was once again moved in 1775, although this time it was given the name Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción ("New Guatemala of the Assumption"), the present day national capital (commonly called Guatemala City). The former capital at Panchoy has now become known as Antigua Guatemala ("Old Guatemala"). [3]
In Spanish colonial times, Guatemala City was a small town. It had a monastery called El Carmen, founded in 1620 (this was the second hermitage).The capital of the Spanish Captaincy General of Guatemala, covering most of modern Central America, was moved here after a series of earthquakes — the Santa Marta earthquakes that started on July 29, 1773 — destroyed the old capital, Antigua. [2]