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www .usac .edu .gt. The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala ( USAC, University of San Carlos of Guatemala) is the largest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas. Established in the Kingdom of Guatemala during the Spanish colony, it was the only university in Guatemala until 1954, [a] although it ...
Zacapa Campus. Website. principal.url.edu.gt. Rafael Landívar University (Universidad Rafael Landívar) is a private Catholic coeducational higher education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Vista Hermosa III Guatemala. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1961. The main campus is in Zone 16 of Guatemala City and is known as Vista Hermosa ...
Website. www.uprb.edu. The University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón ( UPRB or UPR-Bayamón) is a public university in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. It is part of the University of Puerto Rico System (UPR) and is better known as CUTB from its previous name of Colegio Universitario Tecnológico de Bayamón in Spanish. It is the third largest campus in the ...
The American School of Guatemala is an independent, non profit, non-denominational, college preparatory institution offering an academic program modeled after the education practices and methodologies of the United States. It is founded on the principles of coeducational, bi-cultural (Guatemala-United States), and bilingual (Spanish-English ...
The Guatemalan Institute of Social Security (abbreviated as IGSS in Spanish) is the branch of the Guatemalan Ministry of Work and Social Provision that provides Hospital and Clinical services; pensions and income protection benefits, and employment counseling for salaried employees in Guatemala . The Institute was created in 1946 under the ...
History. Freight transport was the main business of Ferrovías Guatemala. Guatemala rail map of 1925. Construction of the first railway in Guatemala commenced in 1877 [1] and the first section began operation in 1880, connecting Puerto San José and Escuintla, [2] being extended to Guatemala City in 1884. [1]
Private institutions. Universidad Rafael Landívar, founded in 1961. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, founded in 1966. Universidad Mariano Gálvez de Guatemala, founded in 1966. Universidad Francisco Marroquín, founded in 1971. Universidad Rural de Guatemala, founded in 1995. Universidad del Istmo, founded in 1997.
Municipalities of Guatemala. Guatemala's municipalities in their departments. The departments of the Republic of Guatemala are divided into 340 municipalities ( Spanish: municipios ). [1] [2] The municipalities are listed below, by department. Department capitals are written in bold.