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What and where is the capital of Guatemala?

Updated: 9/2/2023

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∙ 6y ago

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The original capital city of Guatemala was Antigua. It was also called Guatemala, but in the early 1800s there were several earthquakes that caused the nearby volcano Agua to erupt. Only instead of erupting with lava it erupted a huge pocket of water flooding the entire city. Several natural disasters such as this caused the people to move the capital to a safer location in 1821. The old capital was renamed Antigua Guatemala (now called Antigua for short) and the new capital got the name Guatemala City.

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∙ 6y ago

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∙ 14y ago

The capital city of Guatemala is Guatemala City

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∙ 7y ago

Guatemala City is the capital of Guatemala.

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∙ 11y ago

Because it is the capital and largest city of Guatemala.

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∙ 14y ago

Guatemala is very rich in trees so it is named Land Of Trees or Guatemala.

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∙ 12y ago

because they did not like the name of the one before than now so they changed

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∙ 11y ago

The capital of Guatemala is Guatemala City.

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∙ 6y ago

Guatemala City, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala, is located in the southern area of the country.

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Miguel Malfabon ∙

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∙ 4y ago

The capital and largest city in Guatemala is Guatemala City.

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samuelgogus ∙

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∙ 3y ago

Guatemala City.