Mfundo Zokondweretsa za Guatemala
Kuchokera ku chiwerengero chake cha Mayan makumi asanu ndi anayi peresenti ya kukongola kwake, Guatemala ndi malo osangalatsa. Nazi zotsatira zosangalatsa za Guatemala.
- Ganizirani mitengo pa ndege ku Guatemala City, Guatemala (GUA)
Guatemala City ndi likulu la Guatemala, ndi anthu 3.7 miliyoni m'madera a metro, mzinda waukulu kwambiri ku Central America.
Mfundo zowona za Obsidian ndizo umboni wakale kwambiri wa anthu okhala mu Guatemala, kuyambira 18,000 BC.
Antigua Guatemala , imodzi mwa malo otchuka kwambiri oyendayenda ku Guatemala, inakhazikitsidwa ndi a Spanish conquistadors mu 1543 monga Guatemala wa likulu lachitatu. Kalelo, ankatchedwa La Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala ", kapena " Mzinda Wolemekezeka Wokhulupirika kwambiri wa Santiago wa Knights of Guatemala " .
Guatemala ili ndi malo atatu a UNESCO World Heritage Sites , kuphatikizapo Antigua Guatemala, mabwinja a Mayan a Tikal, ndi mabwinja a Quiriguá.
Oposa theka la nzika za Guatemala zili pansi pa umphaŵi wa dzikoli. Amagawo khumi ndi anayi akukhala pansi pa $ 1.25 US patsiku.
Antigua Guatemala imadziwika ndi zikondwerero za Semana Santa pa Sabata Lopatulika la Isitala. Chodziwika kwambiri ndi maulendo opititsa patsogolo sabata kuti azikumbukira chilakolako, kupachikidwa ndi kuwuka kwa Yesu Khristu. Maulendowa amayendayenda pamakapepala amitundu yobiriwira, otchedwa "alfombras", omwe amakongoletsa misewu ya Antigua.
Ngakhale kuti Guatemala sichimenyana, nkhondo yapachiweniweni ya kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1900 imatenga zaka 36.
M'zaka zam'mbuyomu ku Guatemala ndi zaka 20, ndizo zaka zapakati pazomwe zili m'mayiko a Western Hemisphere.
Pa mamita 4,220 mamita okwana 4,220 phiri la Guatemala Tajumulco ndi phiri lalitali kwambiri ku Guatemala, komanso ku Central America.
Anthu oyendayenda amatha kukwera kumsonkhano wa masiku awiri, makamaka kuchoka ku Quetzaltenango (Xela).
Ma Mayan ku Guatemala anali ena oyambirira kusangalala ndi imodzi mwa zomwe amakonda masiku ano: chokoleti ! Chokako chokoleti chinapezeka m'chombo pamalo a Mayan a Rio Azul, kuyambira 460 mpaka 480 AD. Komabe, chokoleti cha Mayan chinali chakumwa chowawa, chowopsya, chosakhala chokoma, chokoma kwambiri masiku ano.
Guatemala ndi Belize sanagwirizanepo konse pampakati pakati pa mayiko awiri; Ndipotu, Guatemala (mopanda pang'onopang'ono) imanena kuti gawo la Belize ndilokha, ngakhale dziko lonse likuzindikira malire a Belize-Guatemala. Zokambirana zikupitilira kudzera mwa bungwe la United States ndi Commonwealth of Nations.
Gulu la dziko la Guatemala likuphatikizapo zida (zodzaza ndi quetzal) ndi mikwingwirima ya buluu kumbali zonse, kuimira nyanja ya Atlantic ndi Pacific Ocean.
Guatemala ili ndi ozoni yapamwamba kwambiri padziko lapansi, malinga ndi The Economist World mu 2007.
Pafupifupi 59 peresenti ya chiwerengero cha Guatemala ndi Mestizo kapena Ladino: Amerindian ndi European (omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala Spanish). Pakati pa makumi anayi a dzikoli ndi achikhalidwe , kuphatikizapo K'iche ', Kaqchikel, Mam, Q'eqchi ndi "Mayan ena".
Zimalankhulidwa ndi anthu amtundu wa Guatemala ndi zilankhulo makumi awiri ndi ziwiri: Xinca ndi Garifuna (omwe amalankhula pamphepete mwa nyanja ya Caribbean).
Pafupifupi 60 peresenti ya anthu a Guatemala ndi Akatolika.
Quetzal Yemwe Ali Wotchuka - mbalame yobiriwira ndi yofiira yokhala ndi mchira wautali - ndiyo mbalame ya dziko lonse ya Guatemala ndipo ndi imodzi mwa anthu otchuka kwambiri m'dzikoli, kotero kuti ndalama za Guatemala zimatchulidwa ndi quetzal. Nkhumba zimakhala zovuta kuziwona kuthengo, koma ndizotheka kumalo ena ndi zitsogozo zabwino. Kwa nthawi yaitali zinanenedwa kuti quetzal silingathe kukhala kapena kubereka ku ukapolo; nthawi zambiri amadzipha okha atangotengedwa. Malingana ndi nthano ya Mayan, quetzal ankakonda kuyimba bwino Asadane asanagonjetse Guatemala, ndipo idzangoyimba kachiwiri pamene dzikoli lidzamasuka.
Dzina lakuti "Guatemala" limatanthauza "nthaka ya mitengo" mu chinenero cha Mayan-Toltec.
Chithunzi chochokera ku filimu yoyamba ya Star Wars chinajambulidwa ku Tikal National Park, yomwe ikuimira dziko Yavin 4.