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14 unusual facts about Guatemala City


1993 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

All qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system while the final tournament was played in a group system in Guatemala City

1996 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

All qualifying matches in the tournament were played under the home/away match system, while the final tournament was played in Guatemala City.

2008 Aéreo Ruta Maya crash

On August 24, 2008, an Aéreo Ruta Maya Cessna Caravan 208 carrying 10 American aid workers, two Guatemalan aid agency representatives, pilot and copilot en route from La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City to El Estor, crashed 45 minutes after take off.

3d Bombardment Squadron

Starting in August 1943, groups of Navigation Cadets were assigned for training while, during the same month, six of the unit's B-17E's were ordered to Guatemala City to assist the 74th Bomb Squadron in its patrols missions from there, remaining TDY for six weeks.

44th Bombardment Squadron

There the unit transitioned onto Boeing B-17E Flying Fortresses and, following familiarization with the much larger and complex aircraft, were almost immediately tasked with antisubmarine patrols duties between Guatemala City and the Galapagos Islands, the third-longest patrol route ever assigned any unit of the Air Corps to that time.

Andrés Archila

'Andrés Archila', international violinist and orchestra conductor, was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on December 24, 1913.

Gregorio Di Leo

Gregorio Di Leo has been the one of European athlete capable of winning a team competition in the United States, together with Roberto Bellotti (Amerikick International, Atlantic City, 2005) and he is the only European athlete that has been able to win a race in Central America(Guatemala City, Great Maya Challenge, 2006).

Guatemala Quetzal Rugby Club

The Guatemala Quetzal Rugby Club (also known as GQRC) is a rugby union team based in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Jorge Ubico

He returned to Guatemala City in 1921 to participate in a coup that installed General José Orellana into the presidency.

No. 1417 Flight RAF

Harriers of 1417 Flight were also instrumental in securing diplomatic assurances for the future of Belize, after taking part in air shows at La Aurora International Airport, Guatemala City, for the 69th and 70th anniversaries of the Guatemalan Air Force, in 1990 and 1991, supported by a Westland Puma HC.1 from No. 1563 Flight RAF.

Rolando Morán

Comandante Rolando Morán (December 29, 1929, Quetzaltenango – September 11, 1998, Guatemala City) is the nom de guerre of Ricardo Arnoldo Ramírez de León, a former leader of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG), an armed Guatemalan resistance organization.

Ted Hendricks

Hendricks was born to a Guatemalan mother in Guatemala City where his father was employed, and was raised in Miami Springs, Florida.

United States–Central America Treaty

The treaty was ratified by both countries and it entered into force on 2 August 1826 when ratifications were exchanged in Guatemala City.

Victoria Tereshchuk

She claimed her first World Championship medal, silver, at the 2006 edition in Guatemala City, Guatemala, but then dropped to 34th and 26th the following year at the European and World Championships respectively.


1986 Aerovías Guatemala air crash

The 1986 Aerovías Guatemala air crash occurred on 18 January 1986 and involved a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III that crashed into a hill on approach to Santa Elena Airport, Flores, Guatemala after a short flight from Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport.

2002 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 2002 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics which took place on May 11–12, 2002 on Estadio Cementos Progreso in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Dos Erres massacre

On 25 July 2011, the office of Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz began its trial in Guatemala City against four former soldiers of the Kaibiles special forces accused of participating in the massacre.

Edwin Villatoro

Edwin Roberto Villatoro Acevedo (born 18 February 1980 in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan football forward who currently plays for Club Xelajú MC in the Liga Nacional de Guatemala.

Flores, El Petén

Several international flights land here but most stop first at Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport.

Heredia Jaguares de Peten

The stadium, however, does not meet the standards of CONCACAF, therefore CONCACAF Champions League matches are played at the Estadio Cementos Progreso in Guatemala City.

Horst Overdick

On 3 April 2012, Overdick was arrested by Guatemalan police and United Nations investigators after they raided his home in San Lucas Sacatepéquez, just 20 km (12 miles) west of the capital Guatemala City.

Jacobo Árbenz

After graduating, he served a stint as a junior officer at Fort San José in the capital Guatemala City and later under "an illiterate Colonel" in a small garrison in the village of San Juan Sacatepéquez.

Juan Carlos Plata

Plata, born in Guatemala City, made his debut in the Liga Mayor (Major League, now Liga Nacional) in the 1990–1991 league season, won by Municipal, under coach Rubén Amorín.

Siquinalá

The municipality is 81 km from Guatemala City, situated between the municipalities of Escuintla, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, and La Democracia, linked to Siquinalá by road, which continues to the sea at Sipacate, in the municipality of La Gomera.

Tallest buildings in Central America

Historically most of the tallest building structures in Central America have been located in Guatemala City and San Salvador.

Transit-oriented development

In an attempt to control rapid growth of Guatemala City, the long-time Mayor of Guatemala City Álvaro Arzú implemented a plan to control growth based on transects along important arterial roads and exhibiting transit-oriented development (TOD) characteristics.

Vinicio Gómez

It disappeared over Alta Verapaz department en route to Guatemala City from Petén in the north and was later found to have crashed in the municipality of Purulhá at a location some 75 km from departmental capital Salamá.

World Health Imaging, Telemedicine, and Informatics Alliance

The Guatemala pilot sites in urban Guatemala City and rural Río Hondo provide essential healthcare technology to thousands of people in the communities served.