{"id":1400,"date":"2010-07-17T01:35:14","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T23:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abc-latina.com\/geo-htm-10\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T18:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T16:25:05","slug":"geo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abc-latina.com\/guatemala\/geo\/","title":{"rendered":"GEOGRAPHIE &#8211; GUATEMALA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc-latina.com\/cartecen\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-179\" src=\"http:\/\/abc-latina.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/america_central.png\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a>Le <span class=\"tourisme-chapitre\">Guatemala <\/span>est situ\u00e9 entre l&rsquo;oc\u00e9an Pacifique et la mer des cara\u00efbes. Les sinuosit\u00e9s du rio Usumacinta d\u00e9limitent le Pet\u00e9n et le Chiapas (Mexique), le rio Sarstun d\u00e9limite sa fronti\u00e8re avec le Belize et, par del\u00e0 ses montagnes au sud-est, s&rsquo;\u00e9tendent le Honduras et le Salvador. Aux confins du Pet\u00e9n, au nord et \u00e0 l&rsquo;est, des lignes droites d\u00e9concertantes se rejoignent \u00e0 angle droit pour tracer les limites du territoire.<\/div>\n<div>Le pays le plus septentrional d&rsquo;Am\u00e9rique centrale occupe la troisi\u00e8me place en superficie, derri\u00e8re le Nicaragua et le Honduras, avec ses 108.890 km&sup2; (soit environ 1\/5 de la France) pour une population estim\u00e9e \u00e0 12 millions d&rsquo;habitants.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Le pays peut sch\u00e9matiquement \u00eatre divis\u00e9 en deux grandes zones : Les Hautes Terres et les Basses Terres.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><strong>Les Hautes Terres<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Pr\u00e8s de 60 % du Guatemala pr\u00e9sentent un relief escarp\u00e9. Au centre du territoire, entre deux chaines de montagnes, s&rsquo;\u00e9tendent des haut plateaux, dont l&rsquo;altitude varie entre 1.500 et 2.500 m. C&rsquo;est la plus dens\u00e9ment peupl\u00e9e du pays, elle offre une succession de vall\u00e9es fertile, de plateaux arides balay\u00e9s par les vents, de ravins, de for\u00eat et de collines quadrill\u00e9es de champs cultiv\u00e9s.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><strong>Les Basses Terres<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Le reste du pays se repartit entre les zones littorales et les vastes \u00e9tendues de for\u00eats de Pet\u00e9n.<\/div>\n<h3>G\u00e9ographie du Guatemala: Chiffres<\/h3>\n<div><span class=\"geo-info2\">Capitale:<\/span> Guatemala city&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"geo-info2\">Superficie:<\/span> 108.889 km&sup2;<\/div>\n<div>5 fois plus petit que la France<\/div>\n<div>91 fois plus petit que le Canada<\/div>\n<div>mais 2,5 fois la Suisse<\/div>\n<div>et 3,5 fois la Belgique&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"geo-info2\">Population:<\/span> 11 millions&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Urbaine \u00e0&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Rurale \u00e0&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Densit\u00e9 100 hab\/km&sup2;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>22 d\u00e9partements<\/div>\n<div>Indice de f\u00e9condit\u00e9:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Esp\u00e9rance de vie:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Taux d&rsquo;alphab\u00e9tisation:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"geo-info2\">Langues:<\/span> Espagnol (officielle) &amp; 23 langues indiennes&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc-latina.com\/guatemala\/distances\">Tableau des distances entre les principales villes<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc-latina.com\/guatemala\/faune-flore-guatemalteque.php\">La flore et la faune guatemalt\u00e8que<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Guatemala est situ\u00e9 entre l&rsquo;oc\u00e9an Pacifique et la mer des cara\u00efbes. Les sinuosit\u00e9s du rio Usumacinta d\u00e9limitent le Pet\u00e9n [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":179,"parent":2305,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1400","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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