Centro Linguistico Maya

Guatemala is a country located in
Central America. It has 22 districts
including Guatemala City. Guatemala
is called ¨The Country of Eternal
Spring¨ because it offers a very nice
climate. You can enjoy both cool
(60ºF) and warm (90ºF) with no more
than 200 kilometers between each
other. We have beaches about 1 1/2
hours away from Guatemala City with
nice hot weather.

Antigua Guatemala is a
Spanish Colonial City.
Some of our churches,
palaces and buildings are
now ruins because they
were destroyed by an
earthquake in 1773.
Antigua has become the
most important tourist
center in Central America.

Antigua has become the most important tourist center in Central America. It is a
very nice, peaceful and quiet place to study Spanish. Antigua has very nice
weather. It is warm during the day (75ºF) and cool in the evening (65ºF). From
May to October we have winter with mild rains. Antigua is located 45kms. from
Guatemala city. Surrounding Antigua, we have small villages where most of the
people are natives.

GUATEMALA

ANTIGUA

Centro Linguistico Maya

Spanish in the right place ...

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Territorial Extension	108,889 square kilometers.
Population	Approx. 14,000,000.
Capital	Guatemala City.
Religion	Catholic.
Main Language	Spanish.
Other Languages	Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Tzutuil, Pocomam, etc.
Politic Division	22 departments.
Government System	Democratic.
Currency	Quetzal.
Economy	Food industries, cement, textiles, tires, medicines, iron, footwear, beer, etc.
Traditional Agriculture	Corn, bean, rice, wheat, potato, fruit and several vegetables.
Agriculture for Exportation	Coffee, cacao, cotton, sugar, cardamom, garlic, sesame, tobacco, bananas, fruits and flowers.
Geography	Varied topography with plenty of large mountainous chains, valleys, and many volcanoes.
Climate	Mild, tropical, humid, dry, cold and rainy.
Ecology	Very unstable due to the land being unsuitable for exploitation, massive deforestation, and indifference towards wild life preservation.
Tourism	Antigua Guatemala, Tikal, Chichicastenango, Panajachel, Río Dulce, etc.
Ethnology	Predominantly native Mayan population and mixed race people (Spanish and indigenous mixture).
History	Includes Olmeca and Maya civilizations to the Spanish civilization.
Traditions and costumes	Enormous wealth and great variety: Holy Week, kites, giants, flying stick, posadas, Christmas births, typical textiles, etc.
Vernacular instruments	Marimba, Tun, Chirimía, Drum.
Typical foods	Beans, tortillas, pepián, tamales, rice.

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