Population 12,728,111 Official Language Spanish National Anthem Himno Nacional de Guatemala Capital Guatemala City Currency Quetzal Government Constitutional Democratic Republic Chief of State/President - Oscar Jose Rafael Berger Perdomo Vice President - Eduardo Stein Barillas Major Airports Guatemala City Tapachula San Salvador Miscellaneous Facts Independence from Spain September 15, 1821 Total Size - 108,890 square kilometers / 42,042 square miles Country Code - +502 Internet Extension - .gt Work Force 5.02 million Work Force by Occupation Agriculture - 50% Industry - 15% Services - 35% Unemployment 3.2% Economy remittances from Guatemalans working abroad are economically important agricultural sector accounts for about 1/4 of GDP, 2/5 of exports, & 50% of labor force Industries Sugar textiles and clothing furniture chemicals petroleum metals rubber tourism Exports coffee sugar petroleum apparel bananas fruits and vegetables cardamom Imports fuels machinery and transport equipment construction materials grain fertilizers electricity Political parties Authentic Integral Development Center of Social Action Democracy Front Democratic Union Encounter for Guatemala Grand National Alliance Guatemalan Christian Democracy Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity Guatemalan Republican Front National Advancement Party National Unity for Hope National Well-Being New Nation Alliance Patriot Party Progressive Libertarian Party Reform Movement Unionista Party Unity of National Change Social Democratic Party of Guatemala
