Timeline of Guatemala City explained

The following is a timeline of the history of Guatemala City, Republic of Guatemala.

Prior to 20th century

• 1776 – Nueva Guatemala de la Asuncion founded, following destruction by earthquake of former Spanish colonial capital Antigua.
• 1778 – Population: 10,841.
• 1779 – City becomes capital of Spanish colonial Captaincy General of Guatemala.
• 1789 – Plaza Mayor fountain erected.
• 1793 – Consulado (merchant guild) established.
• 1813 – Cathedral of Guatemala City inaugurated.
• 1823 – City becomes part of the United Provinces of Central America.
• 1831 – Sociedad Economica museum established.
• 1835 – Capital relocated from Guatemala city to San Salvador.
• 1858 – Theatre founded.
• 1874 - Earthquake.
• 1879 – Gas street lighting installed.
• 1880 – Population: 58,000.
• 1882 – Horse streetcar begins operating.
• 1885 – Electric street lighting installed.
• 1893 – Population: 72,000.
• 1898 – National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology established.

20th century

• 1905 - Population: about 97,000.
• 1917 – December 17: Earthquake.
• 1918 – January 4: Earthquake.
• 1921
  • Airport built.
  • Population: 121,000.
• 1924 – Zoo founded.
• 1934 – Museo Nacional de Historia y Bellas Artes (museum) opens.
• 1935 – Torre del Reformador (tower) and Obelisco (monument) erected.
• 1940
  • Guatemala Post Office Building constructed.
  • Population: 186,000.
• 1943 – National Palace rebuilt.
• 1949 – Club Social y Deportivo Comunicaciones (football club) formed.
• 1950
  • Estadio Mateo Flores and Estadio del Ejército (stadiums) open.
  • City hosts 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games.
  • Population: 284,276.^[1]
• 1957 – National Library of Guatemala new building opens.
• 1966 – Del Valle University of Guatemala founded.
• 1971 – Francisco Marroquin University founded.
• 1973 – Population: 706,920.^[2]
• 1975 – Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida" established.
• 1976 – February 4: 1976 Guatemala earthquake.
• 1978 – National Theatre opens.
• 1984 – El Mezquital occupied.
• 1990 – Population: 1,675,589 (estimate).^[3]
• 1991
  • Estadio Cementos Progreso (stadium) opens.
  • Óscar Berger becomes mayor.
• 1996 – Álvaro Arzú becomes President of Guatemala.
• 1997 – Tikal Futura shopping mall built.
• 1999 – Club Premier hi-rise built.
• 2000
  • Fritz García Gallont becomes mayor.
  • Galileo University founded.
  • Domo (arena) built.

21st century

• 2001
  • City hosts 2001 Central American Games.
  • Population: 1,022,001.^[4]
• 2002 – Museo Miraflores (archaeological museum) founded.
• 2004
  • Guatemala City Railway Museum inaugurated.
  • Álvaro Arzú becomes mayor again.
• 2005 – March: Protest against Central American Free Trade Agreement.
• 2007
  • February 19: Salvadoran congressmen killings discovered near city.^[5]
  • February 23: Sinkhole collapse.
• 2009 – Guatemala National Police Archives headquartered in city.
• 2010 – May 30: Sinkhole collapse.
• 2012 – July: Teacher unrest over upscaled requirements of studying a University degree to become a teacher in the country.
• 2013 – Air pollution in Guatemala City reaches annual mean of 41 PM2.5 and 56 PM10, more than recommended.
• 2018 – June: 2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption occurs in vicinity of city.

See also

• Guatemala City history
• Guatemala City metropolitan area
• History of Guatemala

References

This article incorporates information from the Spanish Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in the 19th century

• Book: John Baily . Central America; Describing Each of the States of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. 1850. Trelawney Saunders. London. Guatemala . http://www.wdl.org/en/item/7306/view/1/71/ . City of New Guatemala. .
• (describes the city in 1840)
  • Book: es . Manuel T. Ovalle . Directorio del viajero en la Republica de Guatemala . Traveler's Guide to the Republic of Guatemala . Guatemala . Imprenta de la Aurora . 1889 . (includes city directory)

Published in the 20th century

• Guatemala la Nueva . 12 . 664 - 665 . 1910 . . 1.
• Book: La imprenta en Guatemala (1660–1821) . José Toribio Medina . 1910 . Santiago de Chile . es . HathiTrust . José Toribio Medina . (Annotated list of titles published in Guatemala City, arranged chronologically)
  • • Social Ecology of Guatemala City . Theodore Caplow . Social Forces . 28 . 2 . 113–133 . 1949 . 10.2307/2572637. . 2572637 .
• Plaza Mayor of Guatemala City . Sidney D. Markman . Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians . 25 . 3 . 181–196 . 1966 . 988399. . 10.2307/988399 .
  • Developing Sustainable Peripheries: The Limits of Citizenship in Guatemala City . Edward Murphy . Latin American Perspectives . 31 . 6 . 48–68 . 2004 . 4141607. . 10.1177/0094582X04269911 . 143725333 .

External links

• Items related to Guatemala City, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 1955 . . New York .
2. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1970_round.htm . Demographic Yearbook 1975 . 1976 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 253–279 .
3. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1990_round.htm . 1995 Demographic Yearbook . 1997 . United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 262–321 .
4. Web site: Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2012 . 2013 . .
5. News: Guatemala Profile: Timeline . 18 September 2012 . BBC News . May 30, 2014 .