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Guatemala's large expatriate community in the United States, has made it the top remittance recipient in Central America. These inflows are a primary source of foreign income, equivalent to nearly two-thirds of exports. Guatemala's gross domestic product for 1990 was estimated at $19.1 billion, with real growth slowing to approximately 3.3% ...
Guatemala: Is the largest economy in Central America and the tenth largest in Latin America, based on nominal GDP ($118,655 million) [3] and GDP purchasing power parity (PPP) of $81.51 billion (2013 data). [4] It maintains strong commercial relations mainly with the United States, Mexico, Taiwan, Dominican Republic, Germany and Korea.
The Ministry of Economy (Spanish: Ministerio de Economía or MINECO) is a government ministry of Guatemala, headquartered in Zone 1 of Guatemala City.It is responsible for enforcing laws and policies relating to domestic and foreign trade, consumer protection, the promotion of competition, and limiting the operations of monopolies. [1]
Guatemala City (Spanish: Ciudad de Guatemala) is known colloquially by Guatemalans as La Capital or Guate. Its formal name is Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción [ 8 ] (New Guatemala of the Assumption). The latter name is derived from the fact that it was a new Guatemala after the old one ( La Antigua ) was ruined by an earthquake.
Historically, the area now included in the department of El Progreso was known as Guastatoya or Huastatoya, derived from Nahuatl huäxyötl or huäxin ("calabash") and atoyac ("last"), meaning the last place that calabashes grow, a reference to the change in altitude that occurs in the department, and corresponding climatic change from cold to hot.
Aviones Comerciales de Guatemala (Avcom) Consumer services Airlines Guatemala City: 1929 Airline, defunct 2009 P D Corporación Multi Inversiones: Conglomerates - Guatemala City: 1920 [2] Food & beverage, retail, real estate, financials P A DHL de Guatemala: Industrials Delivery services Guatemala City: 1991 Cargo airline P A Helicópteros de ...
Guatemala, [a] officially the Republic of Guatemala, [b] is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically bordered to the south by the Pacific Ocean and to the northeast by the Gulf of Honduras.
The vara cuadrada or square vara is commonly used in land transactions in Guatemala and 10,000 square varas equal one manzana. [2] One square vara equals 0.6987 square meters (7.521 sq ft), while one manzana equals 6,987 square metres (1.727 acres). [2] The term cuerda can refer to areas of different sizes.