Does Guatemala have states or provinces?

Guatemala is divided into 22 departments (Spanish: departamentos) which are in turn divided into 340 municipalities. Guatemala formally recognized Belize in 1991, but the border disputes between the two nations have not been resolved.

What are the provinces of Guatemala?

The departments include:

• Alta Verapaz.
• Baja Verapaz.
• Chimaltenango.
• Chiquimula.
• Petén.
• El Progreso.
• El Quiché
• Escuintla.

What State province is Guatemala City in?

Guatemala City

How is Guatemala divided into regions?

The country is roughly divided into four geographic regions: the central-western highlands, the low northern plateau which is largely jungle, the southern volcanic belt, and tropical coastal lowlands. The temperate mountain regions are the most densely populated. Guatemala has 33 volcanoes, 4 within view of the city.

What states are in Guatemala?

Administrative Regions of Guatemala Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, Petén, El Progreso, El Quiché, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Quetzaltenango, Retalhuleu, Sacatepéquez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Sololá, Suchitepéquez, Totonicapán, and Zacapa.

What’s wrong with Guatemala?

Public Security, Corruption, and Criminal Justice Violence and extortion by powerful criminal organizations remain serious problems in Guatemala. Gang-related violence is an important factor prompting people, including unaccompanied children and young adults, to leave the country.

A map of Guatemala. This is a list of places in Guatemala . Population data based on the 2002 census. Que tzaltenango. Chimaltenango. Huehuetenango. Puerto Barrios. Chichicastenango. Antigua Guatemala. Sololá. Flores. Livingston.

What states border Guatemala?

The Guatemala-Mexico border is the international border between Guatemala and Mexico. The border measures 871 km (541 mi) and runs between north and west Guatemala (the Guatemalan departments of San Marcos, Huehuetenango, El Quiché and El Petén) and the Mexican states of Campeche, Tabasco and Chiapas .

Is Guatemala part of the US and Central America?

Guatemala is a country in the Central America region of North America . It has borders to Mexico in the north/northwest, to Belize in the northeast, to Honduras in the southeast, to El Salvador in the south.

Is Guatemala a state or a country?

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, Honduras to the east and El Salvador to the southeast. Guatemala is the most populous state in Central America.