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The quetzal (locally; code: GTQ) is the currency of Guatemala, named after the national bird of Guatemala, the resplendent quetzal. In ancient Mayan culture, the quetzal bird's tail feathers were used as currency. It is divided into 100 centavos, or len (plural lenes) in Guatemalan slang. The plural is quetzales.
Guatemalan peso. 6 languages. ... The peso was the currency of Guatemala between 1859 and 1925. History. The peso replaced the real, with 1 peso = 8 reales.
President of Guatemala (1873–1885) 5 quetzales Obverse 1969 (paper), 2011 (polymer) Miguel García Granados: 1809–1878 President of Guatemala (1871–1873) 10 quetzales Obverse 1971 Mariano Gálvez: c. 1794–1862 Governor of Guatemala (1831–1838) 20 quetzales Obverse 1972 Carlos Zachrisson: Minister of Finance (1923–1926) 50 quetzales ...
The economy of Guatemala is a considered a developing economy, highly dependent on agriculture, particularly on traditional crops such as coffee, sugar, and bananas. [15] Guatemala's GDP per capita is roughly one-third of Brazil's. [16] The Guatemalan economy is the largest in Central America. It grew 3.3 percent on average from 2015 to 2018. [17]
The local name of the currency is used in this list, with the adjectival form of the country or region. ... El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua ...
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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.
The U.S. Embassy in Guatemala said initial exports from Guatemala could be about 1,700 tons annually. But that’s still a drop in the bucket compared to Mexico’s annual exports of 1.4 million tons.