- Total area = 108,889 sq km
- Land area = 107,159 sq km
- Water area = 1,730 sq km
- Climate description = tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands
- Terrain description = mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau
- Arable land use = 13.78%
- Permanent crop use = 8.68%
- Irrigated land = 3,121 sq km (2003)
- Total Renewable Water Resources = 111.3 cu km (2011)
- Total Freshwater Withdrawal = 3.46 cu km/yr (15%/31%/54%)
- Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal = 259.1 cu m/yr (2006)
- Natural Hazards = numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms
- Environmental Current issues = deforestation in the Peten rainforest; soil erosion; water pollution
- Total Labor Force = 4.356 million (2012 est.)
- % of Labor Force in Agriculture = 38%
- Agricultural Products description = sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens
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http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/01/07/1410561/how-us-biofuel-policy-is-destroying-guatemalas-food-supply/
This is a corn farm in Guatemala.
This is a corn farm in Guatemala.
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http://www.tajagroproducts.com/countries/Guatemala.html
This man is using traditional farming techniques from Guatemala.
This man is using traditional farming techniques from Guatemala.
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http://grpi2.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/guatemala_chichi_j-fanzo.jpg
this is a farmers market in Guatemala.
this is a farmers market in Guatemala.
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http://www.doubleharvest.org/images/uploads/BPM_Tomato_4.jpg
This is a tomato greenhouse in Guatemala.
This is a tomato greenhouse in Guatemala.
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http://blogs.ubc.ca/v4chang/files/2013/12/mvp_guatemala_photo_full.jpg
These are men hauling crops to their village.
These are men hauling crops to their village.