Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - Ko te putake o te ao Maya, i horapa puta noa i Mesoamerica, i tu i te hitori i te rohe o Guatemala hou. I te rau tau 16, i riro te nuinga o tēnei rohe i nga Paniora
Ka kīia he wāhanga o te rangatiratanga o New Spain. I whiwhi motuhake a Guatemala i te tau 1821 mai i Spain me Mexico. I te tau 1823 ka uru a Guatemala ki roto i te Federal Republic of Central America, i whakakorehia e 1841.