Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Akụkụ nke mmepeanya Maya, nke gbasaa gafee Mesoamerica, bụ nke dabeere na akụkọ ihe mere eme na ókèala nke Guatemala nke oge a. Na narị afọ nke 16, ndị Spen meriri ihe ka ukwuu n'ógbè a
na-ekwu 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.