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  2. List of Guatemalans - Wikipedia

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    Foreign minister of Guatemala from 1966 to 1969 and the president of the United Nations Twenty-Third General Assembly from 1968 to 1969. Arévalo, Juan José, first democratically elected president; Arjona, Ricardo, international singer; Asturias, Miguel Ángel, writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature (1967)

  3. History of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    The history of Guatemala traces back to the Maya civilization (2600 BC – 1697 AD), with the country's modern history beginning with the Spanish conquest of Guatemala in 1524. By 1000 AD, most of the major Classic-era (250–900 AD) Maya cities in the Petén Basin, located in the northern lowlands, had been abandoned.

  4. Indigenous peoples in Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    The Indigenous peoples in Guatemala, also known as Native Guatemalans, are the original inhabitants of Guatemala, predating Spanish colonization.Guatemala is home to 6.5 million (43.75%) people of Indigenous heritage belonging to the 22 Mayan peoples (Achi’, Akatec, Awakatec, Chalchitec, Ch’ortí, Chuj, Itzá, Ixil, Jacaltec, Kaq- chikel, K’iche, Mam, Mopan, Poqomam, Poqomchí, Q’anjob ...

  5. Francisco de Paula García Peláez - Wikipedia

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    Francisco de Paula García y Peláez (April 2, 1785 – January 25, 1867 [1]) was a Guatemalan historian [2] who served as Archbishop of Guatemala from 1845 until his death. He is known for publishing Memorias para la Historia del Antiguo Reino de Guatemala (English: Memoirs for the History of the Ancient Kingdom of Guatemala) in 1852, a three-volume work focused on Guatemala's colonial era.

  6. Guatemalan Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The period in the history of Guatemala between the coups against Jorge Ubico in 1944 and Jacobo Árbenz in 1954 is known locally as the Revolution (Spanish: La Revolución).It has also been called the Ten Years of Spring, highlighting the peak years of representative democracy in Guatemala from 1944 until the end of the civil war in 1996.

  7. Category:History of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    Guatemala history-related lists (7 P) A. Archaeology of Guatemala (3 C, 2 P) E. Historical events in Guatemala (10 C, 1 P) F. Former populated places in Guatemala (1 ...

  8. Spanish conquest of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    A page from the Lienzo de Tlaxcala, showing a Spanish conquistador accompanied by Tlaxcalan allies and a native porter. The sources describing the Spanish conquest of Guatemala include those written by the Spanish themselves, among them two of four letters written by conquistador Pedro de Alvarado to Hernán Cortés in 1524, describing the initial campaign to subjugate the Guatemalan Highlands.

  9. List of World Heritage Sites in Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    Guatemala accepted the convention on January 16, 1979, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, Guatemala has four World Heritage Sites, Takalik Abaj , the most recent was inscribed in 2023.