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  2. Metrication in Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    The vara cuadrada or square vara is commonly used in land transactions in Guatemala and 10,000 square varas equal one manzana. [ 2 ] One square vara equals 0.6987 square meters (7.521 sq ft), while one manzana equals 6,987 square metres (1.727 acres).

  3. Geography of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    A map of Guatemala. Guatemala is mountainous, except for the south coastal area and the vast northern lowlands of Petén department. The country is located in Central America and bounded to the north and west by Mexico, to the east by Belize and by the Gulf of Honduras, to the east by Honduras, to the southeast by El Salvador, and to the south by the Pacific Ocean.

  4. Spanish units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    There are a number of Spanish units of measurement of length or area that are virtually obsolete due to metrication. They include the vara , the cordel , the league and the labor . The units of area used to express the area of land are still encountered in some transactions in land today.

  5. Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    Guatemala, [a] officially the Republic of Guatemala, [b] is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically bordered to the south by the Pacific Ocean and to the northeast by the Gulf of Honduras.

  6. Relief map of Guatemala - Wikipedia

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    The Relief Map also has an exhibition hall that has a photographic exhibition called "Guatemala Siglo XVIII" (Guatemala in the 18th century).In the tour the images presented, combined with explanatory texts, place the visitor in the movements that were decisive to decide the transfer of the city to the Valley of the Ermita in 1776.

  7. There’s been a major shift in demographics at the border ...

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    Before the pandemic, roughly 9 in 10 migrants crossing the border illegally came from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Those countries no longer hold the majority. There’s been a ...

  8. Esquipulas - Wikipedia

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    The first settlers were descendants from Maya people of Copán (archaeological site) Copán, Honduras who came to these lands, shortly after they were forming groups or ethnic groups including ethnic Ch'orti ', these moved Esquipulas after leaving or moving of its ancient cities, this culture achievement develop for several years, even after of the Spanish conquest these were gradually ...

  9. Mataquescuintla - Wikipedia

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    A two real coin with the image of General Rafael Carrera, president of Guatemala between 1844 and 1865 and founder of the Republic of Guatemala in 1847. He was the first mestizo ruler of Latin America, and used Mataquescuintla as the center of operations for his military actions; he had the support of the mestizo and indigenous peasants of the region.