Guatemala

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Codes and identifiers

ISO alpha-2
GT
ISO alpha-3
GTM
ISO numeric
320
FIPS 10-4
GT
GeoNames ID
3595528

Key facts

Capital
Guatemala City
Area
108,890 km²
Population
17,247,807
Currency
Quetzal (GTQ)
Calling code
+502
Top-level domain
.gt
Official languages
es-GT

Continent

Name
North America
Code
NA
In this dataset
42 countries

North America in the country atlas

Location

Latitude
15.5
Longitude
-90.25
Min latitude
13.731404008980572
Min longitude
-92.24625650399989
Max latitude
17.81601959300012
Max longitude
-88.22093665299991

Boundary

Guatemala

The API call behind this page

Request

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/GT?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"

Response

{
  "data": {
    "area_sq_km": 108890,
    "capital": "Guatemala City",
    "continent_code": "NA",
    "currency_code": "GTQ",
    "iso3_code": "GTM",
    "iso_code": "GT",
    "name": "Guatemala",
    "population": 17247807
  }
}

Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.

Other endpoints for this country

  • /v1/countries/GT/regions
  • /v1/cities?country=GT
  • /v1/postal-codes?country=GT
  • /v1/timezones?country=GT
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Name in other languages

Arabic
غواتيمالا
Chinese
危地马拉
English
Guatemala
French
Guatemala
German
Guatemala
Hindi
ग्वाटेमाला
Italian
Guatemala
Japanese
グアテマラ
Korean
과테말라
Portuguese
Guatemala
Russian
Гватемала
Spanish
Guatemala
Total language variants
142

The API returns any of them with ?lang=.

Time zones

IANA ID UTC offset DST offset
America/Guatemala UTC-06:00 UTC-06:00

Postal code format

Format
#####
Pattern
^(\d{5})$

First-level administrative regions

  • Departamento de Guatemala
  • Departamento de Alta Verapaz
  • Departamento de Huehuetenango
  • Departamento de San Marcos
  • Departamento del Quiché
  • Departamento de Quetzaltenango
  • Departamento de Escuintla
  • Departamento de Chimaltenango
  • Departamento del Petén
  • Departamento de Suchitepéquez
  • Departamento de Sololá
  • Departamento de Totonicapán
  • Departamento de Chiquimula
  • Departamento de Jalapa
  • Departamento de Sacatepéquez
  • Departamento de Izabal
  • Departamento de Santa Rosa
  • Departamento de Baja Verapaz
  • Departamento de Zacapa
  • Departamento de El Progreso
  • Departamento de Retalhuleu
  • Departamento de Jutiapa

22 of 22 shown, largest first

Largest cities

City Population
Guatemala City 994,938
Villa Nueva 618,397
Mixco 465,773
Cobán 212,047
Quetzaltenango 180,706
Jalapa 159,840
Escuintla 156,313
Villa Canales 155,423
Jutiapa 145,880
Chichicastenango 141,567

Coverage in this dataset

Cities
16,981
First-level regions
22
Postal codes
548
Name languages
142
Boundary polygon
Yes

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