Guatemala

Name: The name “Guatemala” comes from the Nahuatl word Cuauhtēmallān (nahwiki), or “place of many trees”, a derivative of the K’iche’ Mayan word for “many trees”.

Date of Membership in CCLEC: 1992 – Panama

Motto: “Libre Crezca Fecundo”

Status:  Independent –Declared 15 September 1821; Declared from the First Mexican Empire (1 July 1823)

Area: 108,889 km²(42,042 m²)

GDP: $124.941 billion (2015 estimate)

Population: 16,176,133 (2014 estimate)

Capital City:  Guatemala City

Official Language: Spanish

Currency: Quetzal (GTQ)