GUATEMALA GUATEMALA REGION CENTRAL AMERICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 15 1821 FROM SPAIN DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION MAY 31 1985 POPULATION 12335580 1999 EST AREA 42042 SQ MI CAPITAL GUATEMALA CITY FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES OIL TIMBER NICKEL FISH CHICLE MAIN INDUSTRIES SUGAR REFINING TEXTILES RUBBER FURNITURE CHEMICALS PETROLEUM PROCESSING TOURISM AGRICULTURE COFFEE SUGARCANE BANANAS CARDAMOM BEANS CATTLE PIGS SHEEP POULTRY CURRENCY QUETZAL GDP 45.7 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 3800 1998 EST LANGUAGES SPANISH OFFICIAL AMERICAN INDIAN DIALECTS RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS TRADITIONAL MAYAN RELIGION LITERACY RATE 56 LIFE EXPECTANCY 64 YEARS MALE 69 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 36 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 7 PER 1000 POPULATION
