Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gidan mazaunin ɗan adam a wurin Guatemala City na yanzu ya fara da Maya wanda ya gina birni a Kaminaljuyu. Mutanen Espanya masu mulkin mallaka
ya kafa wani karamin gari, wanda aka sanya babban birnin kasar a 1775. A wannan lokacin an gina Babban Filin tare da Cathedral da Royal Palace. Bayan 'yancin kai na Amurka ta Tsakiya daga Spain, garin ya zama babban birnin lardunan Amurka ta Tsakiya a 1821.