Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Guatemala City bụ saịtị nke obodo Maya nke Kaminaljuyu, nke e guzobere gburugburu 1500 BC. Mgbe ndị Spen merisịrị
, e guzobere obodo ọhụrụ, na 1776 e mere ya isi obodo nke Alaeze Guatemala. Na 1821, Guatemala City bụ ebe nkwupụta nke nnwere onwe nke Central America site na Spain, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị ọ ghọrọ isi obodo nke United Provinces nke Central America e guzobere ọhụrụ (nke e mesịrị kpọọ Federal Republic of Central America). Na 1847, Guatemala kwupụtara na ya bụ mba nweere onwe ya, Guatemala City bụkwa isi obodo ya. Obodo ahụ dị na mbụ n'ebe bụ Antigua Guatemala ugbu a, ma kwaga ebe ọ dị ugbu a na 1777. Guatemala City na ebe mbụ dị na Antigua Guatemala fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ na ala ọma jijiji nke 1917-18 bibiri ya kpamkpam. Nrụzigharị ndị e wughachiri mgbe ala ọma jijiji ahụ gasịrị emewo ka e nwee ọdịdị ala nke oge a karị.