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Where to buy a nice and affordable Guatemalan flag while surfing on the internet? 

Welcome to our category of world flags dedicated to the Guatemalan flag where you can find different Guatemalan vexillary models and various Guatemalan table flags, polyester flags, outdoor ring flags, cord or eye flags that are easy to hang!

Main information of the country:

Capital: Guatemala

Surface area: 108,890 km²

Population: 13,550,440

Currency: Quetzal

Official national language: Spanish

National holiday: 15th September

Guatemala: The ABCs of its geography and history

Located in the heart of Central America, Guatemala shares land borders with Mexico and Belize to the north, Honduras and El Salvador to the south, as well as maritime borders with the Caribbean Sea to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

The current Republic of Guatemala has a very ancient history that is rooted in the pre-Columbian Mayan civilization of Mesoamerica, which ruled this territory for 2000 years before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century. The Spanish colonial period, which lasted about 300 years, ended in 1821 when Guatemala's Declaration of Independence was signed. Subsequently, Guatemala was chronologically annexed by Mexico, becoming a member of the Central American Federation. It was really at the end of the disintegration of the federation around 1842 that Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Honduras became truly independent countries. Today, the Republic of Guatemala is a Republic represented by the current President of the Republic Jimmy Morales since 2015.

Did you know that the name Guatemala comes from the Nahuatl language (Uto-Aztec language group) and means "a place full of trees"?

Purchase / sale of the Guatemalan flag: symbolism of the Guatemalan flag

The Guatemalan flag was officially adopted on 12th August 1871, some time after General Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio came to power and established his military regime.

The Guatemala flag consists of two light blue vertical stripes and a central white strip with the Guatemalan emblem in the middle of the flag.  It is one of the national symbols of the Republic of Guatemala, as is the national motto "Free Crezca Fecundo" ("Growing Free and Fertile"), the Guatemalan national anthem "Guatemala Feliz" (Happy Guatemala) and the national emblem.

This flag is one of the vexillary emblems of Central America, it is now the state and war flag and also serves as the state and war flag on Guatemalan ships. The other flag of Guatemala is the presidential flag with five yellow stars on the side of the flagpole.

The sky blue color of the Guatemalan flag embodies the two oceans that border the Guatemalan coast: the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean. The colour white is synonymous with purity.

In the centre is the country's emblem: a crown of olive branches in the centre of which are two Remington Springfield model rifles (from the famous American arms manufacturer Remington Arms) and two crossed swords, with a parchment leaf topped with a quetzal bird (sacred bird in the Mayan tradition). All its symbols on Guatemala's coat of arms refer to the country's independence, its honour, its ability to defend itself and the peace to which the country aspires.  The inscription "Libertad 15 de septiembre de 1821" (Liberty of 15 September 1821), the date on which Guatemalan independence from the Spanish Empire was declared, can be read.

Did you know that the national flag is one of the flags in the world that carries firearms? In fact, the only other national flag on the planet in this case is the Mozambique flag with the design of an AK-47 assault rifle.

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