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A light rail line known as Metro Riel is proposed.152

Universities and schools

See also: List of universities in Guatemala

Guatemala City is home to ten universities, among them the oldest institution of higher education in Central America, the University of San Carlos of Guatemala.153 Founded in 1676, the Universidad de San Carlos is older than all North American universities except for Harvard University.154

The other nine institutions of higher education to be found in Guatemala City include the Universidad Mariano Gálvez, the Universidad Panamericana, the Universidad Mesoamericana, the Universidad Rafael Landivar, the Universidad Francisco Marroquín, the Universidad del Valle, the Universidad del Istmo, Universidad Galileo, Universidad da Vinci, and the Universidad Rural.155 Whereas these nine named universities are private, the Universidad de San Carlos remains the only public institution of higher learning.156

Sports

Guatemala City possesses several sportsgrounds and is home to many sports clubs.157 Football is the most popular sport, with CSD Municipal, Aurora, and Comunicaciones being the main clubs.[43]158

The Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, located in the Zone 5 of the city, is the largest stadium in the country, followed in capacity by the Estadio Cementos Progreso, Estadio del Ejército, and Estadio El Trébol.159 An important multi-functional hall is the Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG.160

The city has hosted several promotional functions and some international sports events: in 1950 it hosted the VI Central American and Caribbean Games, and in 2000 the FIFA Futsal World Championship.161 On 4 July 2007 the International Olympic Committee gathered in Guatemala City and voted Sochi to become the host for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.[44]162 In April 2010, it hosted the XIVth Pan-American Mountain Bike Championships.[45]163

Guatemala City hosted the 2008 edition of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, played at the Domo Polideportivo from 2 to 8 June 2008.[46]164

The 2024 Senior Pan American Championships will be held in the city from 7 to 9 June at Gimnasio Nacional Teodoro Palacios Flores.[47]165

Panoramic views of Guatemala City

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Central America

International organizations with headquarters in Guatemala City

Twin towns – sister cities

Guatemala City is twinned with:167

CityJurisdictionCountryYear
Caracas corpusCapital District corpus1969
San Salvador corpusSan Salvador corpus1979
Madrid corpusMadrid corpus1983[48]
HollywoodFlorida1987[49][50]
Lima corpusLima corpus1987
Santiago de ChileMetropolitan Santiago1991
SaltilloCoahuila1993
La HabanaLa Habana1997
Bogotá corpusDistrito Capital1997
San Pedro SulaCortés1999
Santa Cruz de TenerifeSanta Cruz de Tenerife2002
San José corpusSan José corpus2005
Ciudad de Panamá corpusPanamá corpus2005
Taipei corpusNorthern Taiwan2007[51]
Managua corpusManagua2008
BeijingBeijing2009
ProvidenceRhode Island2016[52]

Notable people

See also

List of places in Guatemala

Notes and references

Bibliography

Further reading

Romero, Simon; García, Jody; Volpe, Daniele (18 January 2024). "New Utopian Enclave? Or a Testament to Inequality?". The New York Times.

External links

Official Website of the Municipalidad de Guatemala

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References

1. "CONMEMORACION DE LOS DOSCIENTOS TREINTA AÑOS DE FUNDACIÓN DE LA CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA". 2006-01-01.

2. Guatemala (municipality) - City Population

3. "Guatemala: Administrative Division (Departments and Municipalities)". City Population. 6 September 2023.

4. "Guatemala City Guatemala Metro Area Population". Macrotrends.

5. "Resultados Censo 2018". Instituto Nacional de Estadística Guatemala. Dec 2019.

6. "TelluBase—Guatemala Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)". Tellusant.

7. "The Climate of Guatemala". The Blue Green Atlas. 2019.

8. "Carlos Enrique Valladares Cerezo, "The case of Guatemala City, Guatemala"".

9. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Antigua Guatemala". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

10. Encyclopædia Britannica. (2019). United Provinces of Central America. In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

11. Quiñónez, Edgar (15 August 2023). "Día de la Asunción: por qué se celebra el 15 de agosto en Guatemala" [Assumption Day: why August 15 is celebrated in Guatemala]. República.

12. "Historia. Historia de la Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción" [History of the New Guatemala of the Assumption]. MuniGuate. Municipality of Guatemala.

13. Sharpe, Ashley E., Bárbara Arroyo, Javier Estrada, Gloria Ajú, and Emanuel Serech. “Dogs for the Gods, Fish for the Feast: The Ceremonial Role of Animals at Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala.” Latin American Antiquity 33, no. 2 (2022): 222. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27362414.

14. Wright, Lori E.; Valdés, Juan Antonio; Burton, James H.; Douglas Price, T.; Schwarcz, Henry P. (June 2010). "The children of Kaminaljuyu: Isotopic insight into diet and long distance interaction in Mesoamerica". Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.

15. Sharpe, Ashley E., Bárbara Arroyo, Javier Estrada, Gloria Ajú, and Emanuel Serech. “Dogs for the Gods, Fish for the Feast: The Ceremonial Role of Animals at Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala.” Latin American Antiquity 33, no. 2 (2022): 223. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27362414.

16. Called Santiago de los Caballeros before the earthquake.

17. Officially named: Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago.

18. "Guatemala City | Population, Map, Antigua, & History". Britannica. 2025-09-05.

19. Municipalidad de Guatemala 2008.

20. "City Layout in Guatemala City". Frommer's.

21. Morán Mérida 1994, p. 9.

22. "Guatemala City, Guatemala Travel Weather Averages". Weatherbase.

23. "MTU-VP Pacaya Volcano, Guatemala". Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences | Michigan Technological University. 1 June 1995.

24. Carlos Llorca, Juan (7 October 2005). "Mudslide in Guatemala kills dozens". San Diego Union-Tribune. SignOnSanDiego.

25. Waltham 2008, p. 291–300.

26. Halliday 2007, p. 103–113.

27. David L Miller (4 July 2009). "Massive Guatemala Sinkhole Kills 2 Teens". CBS News.

28. Municipalidad de Guatemala 2014.

29. Constantino Diaz-Duran (1 June 2010). "Sinkhole in Guatemala City Might Not Be the Last". The Daily Beast.

30. "World Weather Information Service – Guatemala City". World Meteorological Organization.

31. "WMO Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

32. |source 1 = World Meteorological Organization (Precipitation/Temperature/Rain days 1991–2020)[30] |source 2 = NOAA (Sunshine, Humidity & Extremes baseline data)[31]

33. "Guatemala: Estimaciones de la Población total por municipio. Período 2008–2020." [Guatemala: Estimates of the total population by municipality. 2008–2020 period.]. Organismo Judicial República de Guatemala.

34. "Productividad y eficiencia: La Municipalidad incorpora tecnología para atender al vecino" [Productivity and efficiency: The municipality incorporates technology to service the neighbor]. Muniguate. 21 October 2018.

35. "CIA World Factbook, Guatemala". July 2011.

36. INE 2013, p. 13.

37. Morán Mérida 1994, p. 14.

38. Morán Mérida 1994, p. 14–17.

39. "Mapa en Relieve de Guatemala". Funtec-Guatemala.

40. Landmark next to which was held the first council meeting in the newly founded Guatemala City in 1776

41. Museo Ixchel 2008.

42. Short documentary about Cayalá, the new district of Guatemala City using vernacular architecture , 2023 (The Aesthetic City)

43. "Instalaciones Deportivas de la Ciudad de Guatemala". Confederación Deportiva Autónoma de Guatemala (CDAG).

44. "Topnews – Sport – Remscheid: Remscheider General-Anzeiger". Rga-online.de.

45. "XIVth Pan-American Mountain Bike Championships". guatepanamericanomtb2010.com.

46. "Futsal Championship 2008 Recap". CONCACAF.

47. "FIG – Event Detail – 17733". www.gymnastics.sport.

48. "Mapa Mundi de las ciudades hermanadas". Ayuntamiento de Madrid.

49. "Hollywood Adds Laayoune, Morocco as Sister City". City of Hollywood. 10 May 2023.

50. "Guatemala capital may be sister city". Sun Sentinel. 12 July 1987.

51. "Taipei – International Sister Cities". Taipei City Council.

52. "Guatemala City now sister city with Rhode Island's capital". AP NEWS. 12 October 2016.

53. AGN. "María Dolores, la única mujer que participó en la independencia de Guatemala | Agencia Guatemalteca de Noticias".

54. Contreras, Joseph (2005). "10 Big Thinkers for Big Business". Newsweek.

55. Estey, Myles (15 August 2011). "Guatemala: art out of violence". Global Post.

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