Guatemala City metropolitan area

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The Guatemala City metropolitan area (Área Metropolitana de Guatemala or AMG) is a conglomeration of densely populated municipalities surrounding Guatemala City. In 2005, the metropolitan area was defined by the governments of Guatemala and Guatemala City as comprising the municipalities of Amatitlán, Chinautla, Guatemala City, Mixco, San Miguel Petapa, Santa Catarina Pinula, Villa Canales and Villa Nueva.^[1] Together these eight municipalities cover 478 square kilometres^[1] and were projected by Guatemala's National Institute of Statistics to have a combined population of 2,749,161 in 2015.^[2]

Municipalities of Guatemala administrative division

The departments of Guatemala are divided into 340 municipalities or municipios. The municipalities are listed below, by department.

Guatemala City, locally known as Guatemala or Guate, officially Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, nestled in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita. It is estimated that its population is about 1 million. Guatemala City is also the capital of the Municipality of Guatemala and of the Guatemala Department.

Amatitlán is a town in the Guatemala department of Guatemala.

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References

1 2 Proyecto GUA/04/022: Programa de Desarrollo Metropolitano de la Municipalidad de Guatemala (PDF) (Report). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Guatemala) . Retrieved 25 April 2016.
↑ Guatemala: Estimaciones de la Población total por municipio. Período 2008-2020. (al 30 de junio) (PDF) (Report). Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2015-06-03.

Coordinates: 14°36′48″N90°32′07″W / 14.6133°N 90.5353°W / 14.6133; -90.5353

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[UNreport-1] 1 2 Proyecto GUA/04/022: Programa de Desarrollo Metropolitano de la Municipalidad de Guatemala (PDF) (Report). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Guatemala) . Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[pop-2] Guatemala: Estimaciones de la Población total por municipio. Período 2008-2020. (al 30 de junio) (PDF) (Report). Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Guatemala. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2015-06-03.