Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọdịdị nke mmepeanya ndị Maya, bụ́ nke gbasaruru Mesoamerica, hiwere isi n'ala Guatemala nke oge a. Na narị afọ nke 16, ihe ka ukwuu n'ógbè a bụ
Ndị Spen meriri ya ma kwuo na ọ bụ akụkụ nke Viceroyalty nke New Spain. Guatemala nwere onwe ya n'aka Spain na Mexico na 1821. Na 1823 Guatemala ghọrọ akụkụ nke Federal Republic of Central America, bụ́ nke kewara na 1841.