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The. Republic of Guatemala, established on March 21, 1847, alter having formed part lor twenty-six years of the Confederation of Central America, is governed under a Constitution proclaimed December 1879, and modified October 1885, November 1887, and October 1889. By its terms the legislative power is vested in a National Assembly, consisting of representatives chosen by universal suffrage for four years. The executive is vested in a President, elected for six years.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Guatemala
1. Official Publications
Censo general de la república de Guatemala levantado en el año de 1880. Guatemala, 1881.
Guatemala. No. 32 of the Bulletins of the Bureau of the American Republics, Washington, 1892.
Informe de la Direccion de Estadistica. Guatemala, 1882.
Informe de la Secretaria de Fomento. Guatemala, 1892.
Meniorias de los Secretarios de Estado del Gobierno de la república de Guatemala (Gobernacion y Justicia ; Instruccion Publica ; Guerra ; Hacienda ; Belaciones Exteriores) 1892.
Movimiento de poblacion habido en los pueblos de la repùblica de Guatemala durante el año de 1891. Guatemala, 1892.
Report on Guatemala, in ‘Diplomatic and Consular Reports,’No. 974, 1892.
Trade of Central America with Great Britain, in ‘ Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom for the year 1891.’ Imp. 4. London; 1892.
2. Non-Official Publications
Baily (J.), Central America. 8. London. 1850.
Bernouilli (Dr. Gustav), Briefe aus Guatemala, in Dr. Peterrmann’s ‘Mittheilungen.’ 4 Gotha, 1868–69.
Bernouilli (Dr. Gustav), Reise in der Republik Guatemala, in Dr. A. Petermann’s ‘Mittheilungen.’ 4. Gotha, 1873.
Brigham (T.), Guatemala. The Land of the Quetzal. London, 1887.
Fröbel (Julius), Aus America. 2 vols. 8. Leipzig, 1857–58.
Gonzalez (Dario), Geografia de Centro-América. San Salvador, 187.
Lafirière (J.), De Paris à Guatemala,. Notes de voyage au centre de l’Amérique 8 Paris, 1877.
“Lemale (G.), Guia geográfica de los centros de poblacion de la república de Guatemala Guatemala, 1882.
Marr (Wilhelm), Reise nach Central-America. 2 vols. 8. Hamburg, 1868.
Morelet (L), Voyage dans l’Amérique centrale. 2 vols. 8. Paris, 1859.
Scherzer (Karl, Ritter von), Wanderungen durch die mittelamerikanischen Freistaaten. 8. Braunschweig, 1857.
Squier (E. G.), The States of Central America. 8. London, 1868.
Stoll (Otto), Guatemala. Reisen und Schilderungen aus den Jahren 1878–83. Leipzig, 1886.
Whetham (J. W. Boddam), Across Central America. 8. London, 1877.
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Keltie, J.S. (1893). Guatemala. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253223_22
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