Guatemala

Guatemala

Juan Gordillo

Guatemala’ Economy

• GPD in billions is $118.7
• GPD per capita is $7,500
• Guatemalans call the dollar Un quetzal.
• More than half of the population live in

poverty.
• More than half of the population work in

agriculture.

Guatemala’s language and religion

• Their official language is Spanish.
• They also speak English and 25 languages

more.
• Their official Religion is Roman Catholic.
• They also practice Christianity.

Guatemala's Natural resources

• petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, chicle,
hydropower Café.

• They use chicle stick to make gum.(name of
tree Chicozapote)

• They make cotton for the use of clothes.

Guatemala’s Tourism

Lake Atitlan is in Panajachel. Antigua, Guatemala

Citiations

• Holy Week Procession, Antigua, Guatemala, Central America. Photography. Encyclopædia
Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 5 May 2016.

• Panajachel, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest.
Web. 5 May 2016.

• "Guatemala: Economy." CultureGrams Online Edition. ProQuest, 2016. Web. 5 May 2016.
• "Guatemala: Religion." CultureGrams Online Edition. ProQuest, 2016. Web. 5 May 2016.
• "Guatemala: Language." CultureGrams Online Edition. ProQuest, 2016. Web. 5 May 2016.
• Antigua, Guatemala. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 5 May

2016.
• Sapodilla with Fruit. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 5 May 2016.
• Coffee plant. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 5 May 2016.
• Shirts on display, Antigua, Guatemala, Central America,. Photo. Encyclopædia Britannica

ImageQuest. Web. 5 May 2016.