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 CHURCH OF GOD
Work Began: 1954
Churches: 125
Believers: 7,500
National Leader:
Isai Calderon Jr.
Career Missionaries:
None currently assigned.
SAMs:
None currently assigned.
PEOPLE
 Population: 13,276,517 (July 2009 est.)
Life Expectancy:
Male: 68.49 years
Female: 72.19 years (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS:
Adult Prevalence Rate: 0.8%
People living with: 59,000 (2007 est.)
Ethnic Groups: Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish—in local Spanish called Ladino) and European 59.4%, K'iche 9.1%, Kaqchikel 8.4%, Mam 7.9%, Q'eqchi 6.3%, other Mayan 8.6%, indigenous non-Mayan 0.2%, other 0.1%. (2001 census)
Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs.
Languages: Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca).
Literacy: 69.1%
ECONOMY
Population Below Poverty Line: More than half.
Industries: Sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism.
Export Commodities: Coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom.
Currency: Quetzal (GTQ)
GEOGRAPHY
Land Area: 108,890 sq km
Climate: Tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands.
Terrain: Mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau (Peten).
Natural Resources: Petroleum, nickel, rare woods, fish, chicle, hydropower.
Country information is excerpted from The World Factbook, which contains detailed information in many additional categories.
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