We Live in Guatemala: Land of
Eternal Spring
Population:
13,002,206
(July 2008 est.)
Land Mass: 108,889 km2
(the size of Tennessee)
Capital: Guatemala
City
Money: Quetzal (about
7.6 to a US Dollar)
Language: 49% Spanish;
51% Mayan Languages
There are 23 different and distinct Mayan indigenous
people groups,
with a population of 7,000,000 who speak 53 variations of 24 base
languages.
The complete Bible is translated into only 4 of the
23
Mayan languages.
Click
Here to see a map with locations of people groups.
Average Annual Income:
$3900.00 per year
51% of the population lives in poverty
15.2% of the population earns about $2.34
per day!
Major
Religions: Roman Catholic
Mayan or Animism
Evangelical Christians
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