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Introduction - Guatemala: | Location - Guatemala: | Location | Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) between Honduras and Belize | | Geographic coordinates | 15 30 N, 90 15 W | | Map references | Central America and the Caribbean | | Area | total: 108,890 sq km
land: 108,430 sq km
water: 460 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly smaller than Tennessee | | Land boundaries | total: 1,687 km
border countries: Belize 266 km, El Salvador 203 km, Honduras 256 km, Mexico 962 km | | Coastline | 400 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation | | Climate | tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands | | Terrain | mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Volcan Tajumulco 4,211 m | | Natural resources | petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, chicle, hydropower | | Land use | arable land: 13.22%
permanent crops: 5.6%
other: 81.18% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 1,300 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms | | Environment current issues | deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution | | Environment international agreements | party to: Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | no natural harbors on west coast | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |