Natural Hazards In Guatemala Essay

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The latitude and longitude lines are 14.63330 N and 90.5000 w
The capital of Guatemala is Guatemala City.
Some of the important cites in Guatemala are Dospilas, Elbaul, and Andlximche.
Some animals in Guatemala include monkeys, the Ring Tail Lemur, jaguars, Harpy Eagle, the toucan, and the Boa Constrictor.
The Guatemalan tropical areas have a huge variety of plants. In the mountains, they have oak and pine trees.
The population in Guatemala is 14,099,033 in the years 2014.
In Guatemala it is hot. In the morning it is humid and moist outside. It is tropical weather.
Some of the natural hazards in Guatemala are hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods.
Some of these natural hazards can cause death or leave people with nothing. Maybe one day it will
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Interesting fact about the weather is that it gets cold at night and warm the day.
Some of these landforms are hard to cross. These landforms might be hills, mountains , rivers, or the desert . Some of these landforms can cause death or serious injures. It's easy here in America, because we have transportation. Some people might not have transportation in Guatemala.
Mountains: a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less than sea level.
Plains: a flat surface with nothing but grassy land.
Desert: a region so arid because of little rainfall. It is very hot in the desert.
Rivers: a small body of water that flows in to a bigger body of water.
Guatemala is one of the biggest places for indigenous population.
These are some of the names of the native tribes in Guatemala’, Mam, Mopan, Poqomam, Poqomchi’, Q’anjob’al, Q’eqchi’, and Sakapulteco.
Manuel Cabrera was the president of Guatemala from 1898 to 1920. He was a lawyer and unfortunately was never in the military. Manuel Cabrera helped out a lot of people during his time of living.
Some of these leaders have changed the way people live today.
The country's official name is Guatemala Republic.
The current governors name is Mariano Gálvez

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