Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
is divided into 22
departments (
Spanish
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**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
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: ''departamentos'')
which are in turn divided into 340
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
.
In addition, Guatemala has claimed that all or part of the nation of
Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...
is a department of Guatemala, and this claim is sometimes reflected in maps of the region. Guatemala formally recognized Belize in 1991, but the
border disputes between the two nations have not been resolved.
Departments
See also
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ISO 3166-2:GT
References
External resources
Interactive map of Guatemalan departments and municipalities
{{Americas topic, Administrative divisions of
Subdivisions of Guatemala
Guatemala, Departments
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Departments, Guatemala
Guatemala geography-related lists