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HISTORICAL
AND
STATISTICAL SKETCH
OF GUATEMALA.
Situation and Extent.—Rivers and Lakes.—Ports.—Political Considerations respecting Boundaries.—Boundaries of States.—Population.—Statement of the Births and Deaths in Guatemala, in 1823.—Prices of Provisions in the City of Guatemala.—Relative Population of the Republics.—Number and Wealth of Towns.—Santiago, the Capital.—Finance.—Commerce.—Considerations n the Nature and Value of Goods Imported into Guatemala and the other South American Republics.—Military Resources.—Communication within itself and with the Exterior.
SITUATION AND EXTENT.
The geographical position of Guatemala is highly advantageous. Placed in the middle of the two Americas, between the Colombian and Mexican republics, it is bathed by the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
