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   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 23rd April 2021

In Spanish:

   dd/mm/yyyy

   14:32

In Kekchi:

   yyyy-mm-dd

   14:32

The official language is Spanish , with 4 673 000 speakers.

Guatemala has 50 other languages, many of them Mayan dialects. The most important are Central Cakchiquel (132 200 speakers); Kekchi (335 800 speakers); Central Mam (100 000 speakers); Northern Mam (155 800 speakers); Southern Mam (125 000 speakers); Central Quiché (216 910 speakers); Eastern Quiché (100 000 speakers) and West Central Quiché (250 000 speakers).

The abbreviation used for Señorita in Guatemala is Srta.

Each person usually has a given name followed by two family names, that of the father followed by that of the mother, for example:

   Barbara Betancourt Perez

Upon marriage, females may take their husband’s name as a further given name, in this way:

   Barbara Betancourt Perez de Lopez

where the de indicates “(wife) of”. De usually indicates a married female, but may also be part of a name.

Professional people are often referred to by their qualification, followed by the given name and paternal family name (and sometimes the maternal family name):

   Doctor (m) / Doctora (f) (Dr/Dra)         Doctor, Ph.D.
   Ingeniero (m) / Ingeniera (f) (Ing.)      Engineer
   Licenciado (m) / Licenciada (f) (Lic.)    Holder of a university degree

This in turn may be preceded by the honorific in this way:

   Señor Doctor Dávalos

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

Guatemala has these company forms:

   General partnership 
   Joint liability company 
   Joint stock company 
   Limited liability corporation 
   Stock company or Stock corporation

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 18th May 2024

In practice, addresses are found written in a number of different formats. The postally preferred format is:

   Personal name 
   Thoroughfare information, {Zonal information} 
   House number information 
   Postal code[ - ]Postal town 

For example:

Addresses may also often be found formatted in this way:

   Personal name
   Thoroughfare information
   {Zonal information}
   POSTAL TOWN{[, ]DEPARTMENT}
   Postal code

For example:

The postal code is often not used, and when it is it is often positioned in varying places within the address block. If the postal code is used, the department name is not required.

Many thoroughfares are numbered, as in the example above. In rural areas kilometre addresses may be found, for example:

   carretera a El Salvador kilometro 25.5 

When addresses are written in Spanish and the thoroughfare has a name rather than a number, calle, the Spanish word for street, is rarely written. The Spanish thoroughfare type, when included, is written before, and separately from, the thoroughfare name. It should be written with the first letter in lower case.

For additional information on address components, please refer to the chapter on Spain.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

The postal code (Código Postal or CP) consists of a block of 5 digits. The first two digits indicate the department, the middle digit the delivery method and the final two digits the delivery office.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

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Guatemala - Postal code format

Guatemala - Postal code specifics

Guatemala - Postal code regular expression

Guatemala - Postal code level of coverage

Guatemala - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 26th August 2014

Refer to Exonyms in Guatemala for full lists of place names in Guatemala in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http:www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

Guatemala has 22 departments ( departamentos , singular - departamento):

Department	Postal code range
Alta Verapaz	16000-16026
Baja Verapaz	15000-15012
Chimaltenango	04000-04016
Chiquimula	20000-20020
El Progreso	02000-02015
Escuintla	05000-05021
Guatemala	01000-01073
Huehuetenango	13000-13041
Izabal	18000-18023
Jalapa	21000-21008
Jutiapa	22000-22027
Petén	17000-17029
Quetzaltenango	09000-09034
Quiché	14000-14025
Retalhuleu	11000-11014
Sacatepéquez	03000-03017
San Marcos	12000-12050
Santa Rosa	06000-06027
Sololá	07000-07024
Suchitepéquez	10000-10030
Totonicapán	08000-08008
Zacapa	19000-19018

   This regions/postal code data can be acquired as a data file 

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Guatemalan telephone numbers have no area codes. All subscriber numbers have 8 digits. Mobile numbers commence with a 4 or 5.