Guatemala

Guatemala - most northern of tsentralnoamerikanskih republics. On a population (nearby 9,7  million persons) the country comes first among the states of Central America. Inhabitants of the country speak more than on two tens tongues. The official language considers Spanish. Capital - Guatemala.

the Country is well-known for the monuments of a powerful civilisation of Indians majja (II - IX centuries of our era). The Spanish conquistadors have plundered many historical values. Only in 1821 Guatemala has intoned the independence from Spain. Guatemala often name the agricultural country of Indians. About half of population of the country Spanish-speaking mongrels (ladino) compound. Other half of Guatemalans - Indians, offsprings legendary majja.

In the natural attitude Guatemala by right can be referred to to zhivopisnejshim to places of our planet. Here there are impervious brakes tropical woods and almost European sosnovo-oak groves, dazzling marine beaches and high-mountainous loches, majestic cones of burning mountains and deep a narrows of the rivers. The country has an exit to two oceans.

The Climate - mountain tropical. Three high-rise climatic belts deposit: to altitude 800  m above sea level - hot (terra kalente), moderately hot (terra templada) - from 800 to 2000 m and terra fria - above 2000  m.

the Overwhelming part of the population lives in the second belt which name zemleju perpetually spring. Here there is region extendings of coffee which is the major export crop of Guatemala. Terra fria - region of grain crops and a potato.

The country Guatemala Capital was repeatedly destroyed by earthquakes and consequently it is rather poor historical monuments.