Amaqiniso ajabulisayo ngeGuatemala
Ukususela kwimimandla engamaphesenti angama-40 e-Meyans kwi-beauty yayo engenakuqhathaniswa, iGuatemala yindawo engakholekiyo. Nantsi inketho yezinto ezinomdla malunga neGuatemala.
- Thelekisa irhafu kwiinqwelo eziya eGuatemala City, eGuatemala (i-GUA)
Isixeko saseGuatemala siyinhloko yeGuatemala, kunye nabantu abayizigidi ezingama-3.7 kwindawo yedolophu, isixeko esikhulu kunazo zonke kwi-Central America.
Iimpawu ze-Obsidian projectile zibubungqina bokuqala bemihlali baseGuatemala, abahlala emva kweminyaka eyi-18,000 BC.
I-Antigua Guatemala , enye yezona zivakhenkethi ezona ziqhenketho ezinkulu zaseGuatemala, zisekwe ngabalawuli beSpain ngo-1543 njengeGuatemala yesibini kwisixeko esikhulu. Emva koko, yayibizwa ngokuba yiLa Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala ", okanye " Isixeko Esihloniphekileyo Nesiqiniseko Sase Santiago seKtights yaseGuatemala " .
I-Guatemala idla izilwanyana ezintathu ze- UNESCO kwiiLifa leMveli , kuquka i-Antigua Guatemala, amanxuwa aseMayan aseTikal, kunye namanxuwa aseQuiriguá.
Abemi beGuatemala abangaphezu kwesigxina bangaphantsi komgaqo-ntlupheko welizwe. Ipesenti ezilishumi elinesine zihlala ngaphantsi kwe $ 1.25 US ngosuku.
I-Antigua Guatemala iyaziwa ngokuba yiSemana yaseSanta imithendeleko ngexesha leveki elingcwele likaPasika. Into ephawulekayo yinkqubo yezenkolo ezindleko zeveki ukukhumbula ukuthanda, ukubethelwa nokuvuswa kukaYesu Kristu. Ukuhamba kwemigudu ngokuhamba ngeempawu ze-sawdust ezimhlophe, ezibizwa ngokuthi "alfombras", ezihlobisa izitalato zika-Antigua.
Nangona iGuatemala ingasemfazweni, imfazwe yombutho welizwe ekupheleni kwekhulu lama-20 iphela iminyaka engama-36.
Iminyaka yobudala eGuatemala yiminyaka engama-20, eli lixesha eliphantsi kunabo bonke eNtshona Koloni.
Kwiimitha eziyi-13,845 (i-4,220 metres) i- volcano yaseGuatemala iTajumulco yintaba ephakamileyo kungekhona eGuatemala kuphela, kodwa nakwi-Central America.
Abahambahambayo banokunyuka baya kwiintlanganiso ngeentsuku ezimbini zokuhamba, ngokuqhelekileyo beshiya e-Quetzaltenango (Xela).
AmaMeya aseGuatemala ayenabanye bokuqala ukufumana enye yezinto ezizithandayo namhlanje: i- tsholeta ! I-residule ye-chocolate itholakala kwinqanawa kwisiza saseMayan saseRio Azul, esasiqala ngo-460 ukuya ku-480 AD. Nangona kunjalo, i-tshokotra yeMeyile yayisisiphumo esinomsindo, esiyingozi, ayikho into efana neyothambileyo kunye neentlobo ezimnandi ezinamhlanje.
I-Guatemala neBelize abazange bavumelane ngokusemthethweni kumda phakathi kwamazwe amabini; Enyanisweni, iGuatemala (ngokukhawuleza) ibanga inxalenye yeBelize njengeyakhe, nangona iphela ilizwe liqonda umda waseBelize-Guatemala. Iingxoxo ziqhubeka ngokuqhubekayo nge-Organisation of States States kunye ne-Commonwealth of Nations.
Iflegi yesizwe yaseGuatemala iquka iingubo zeengalo (ezizaliswe ne-quetzal) kunye nemivimbo eluhlaza okwesibini, emele i-Atlantic Ocean kunye ne-Pacific Ocean.
I-Guatemala inexinaniso ephezulu ye-ozone ehlabathini, ngokwe-World Economist ngo-2007.
Ubuncinane ama-59 ekhulwini labantu baseGuatemala nguMestizo okanye uLadino: i-Amerindian kunye neYurophu exutywayo (ngokuqhelekileyo iSpeyin). Amaphesenti angama-40 kwelizwe lendabuko , kuquka uK'iche ', Kaqchikel, Mam, Q'eqchi kunye namanye "iMeya".
Iilwimi ezingamashumi amabini anesibini ezisetyenziswe ngabantu baseGuatemala, kunye nezidibanisi ezimbini: i-Xinca kunye neGarifuna (ithetha ngxweme laseCaribbean).
Phantse ama-60 ekhulwini labantu baseGuatemala lingamaKatolika.
I-Quetzal ehloniphekileyo -intaka ebomvu kunye nebomvu enomsila omde - iyinyoni yesizwe yaseGuatemala kunye nenye yelizwe elihlala libalaseleyo kubemi, kakhulu kangangokuthi i-Guatemala imali ibizwa ngokuba yi-quetzal. Izilwanyana ezinzima zikwazi ukubona kwindawo zasendle, kodwa kunokwenzeka kwiindawo ezithile kunye nezikhokelo ezilungileyo. Kwathatha ixesha elide kuthiwa i-quetzal ayikwazi ukuhlala okanye ukuzala ekuthinjweni; kudla ngokuzibulala ngokukhawuleza emva kokubanjwa. Ngokomxholo weMeya, i-quetzal yayisetyenziselwa ukucula ngokucokisekileyo ngaphambi kokuba amaSpeyin anqobe iGuatemala, kwaye iya kuphinda icule kwakhona xa ilizwe likhululekile.
Igama elithi "Guatemala" lithetha "umhlaba wemithi" kwisiXhosa saseMean-Toltec.
Umdlalo ovela kwifilimu ye-Star Wars yecala yafakwa kwiTikal National Park, emele iplanethi Yavin 4.