World Summary --- Guatemala

Summary information

Names
ISO3-Code	GTM
Continent	North America
Country Name	Guatemala
Administrative
Admin Level Used	2
Level1 Type	Departamento
Level2 Type	Municipio
Number of Units	327
Population Estimates
Ref. Year First	1981
Ref. Year Last	1994
Pop '90 (estimated) ('000)	7,522
Pop '95 (estimated) ('000)	8,548
Pop '90 (UN) ('000)	8,749
Pop '95 (UN) ('000)	9,976
Difference '90	14.0 %
Difference '95	14.3 %
Spatial Estimates
Area (sq km)	108,890
Resolution (km)	18
PopPerUnit ('000)	31
Resources
Web Site 1	http://server.rds.org.gt/~ine/
Web Site 2	http://populi.eest.ucr.ac.cr

Data sources Boundaries generated by the GIS facility of the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT). Contact: Glenn Hyman Reference: Jones, P. G. and Bell, W. C. (1997) Coverage of Latin America Administrative Divisions. Version 1.1 Apr 1997 digital dataset. CIAT Cali Colombia Pop Data from Central America Pop web site at http://populi.eest.ucr.ac.cr INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICAX CENSO DE POBLACION Y V DE HABITACION (April 1994)CUADRO 5. POBLACION TOTAL POR AREA URBANA-RURAL Y SEXO, SEGUN DEPARTAMENTO Y MUNICIPIO. P90E and P95E estimated using average annual department level growth rates using '81 census data from: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA Encuesta Nacional Socio-Demofafica Demografia - Total Republica - Volumen 1 Dicembre de 1987 Guatemala, C.A. Municipio level totals for 1981 were also available, but did not match the 1994 totals or the admin units very well.

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