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. Its ten million inhabitants live mainly in the southern highlands that run parallel to the pacific coast. The Petén jungle lies to the north making up two thirds of the nation. At present, this region is sparsely populated but the jungle conceals the vestiges of the first cities that gave way to the Mayan culture. Guatemala is defined by an "indigenous presence". The highlands are populated by more than twenty ethnic groups that originated from the Maya. These people live in small rural villages and towns and make up more than 50% of the population of this small country. The rest of the inhabitants are mestizos, whites that descend from European settlers that arrived during the past four hundred fifty years, afro-Caribbean blacks and other race and cultural combinations that complete the complex social reality in Guatemala. The economy in Guatemala is based on the indigenous agricultural areas and the great sugarcane, coffee or cotton plantations belonging to influential landowners on the pacific coast. During this century a small industrial manufacturing sector that exports textiles and products for the Central American market has begun to grow.
with a north coast bathed by the Caribbean this region has about two million inhabitants. Most residents are of descendants of the Maya. Yucatan is politically divided into two Mexican states: Yucatan and Quintana Roo. The last era of the Maya marked the development of great cities, communications and commerce in Yucatan. The Spanish conquest prohibited commerce among the Maya and their numbers were drastically reduced by disease. Yucatan became an inhospitable place, accessible only to adventurers and pirates who came to its coast to hide. It wasn’t until the second half of this century that Yucatan was connected to the rest of Mexico with adequate communications and an influx of new immigrants that arrived to help attend the needs of the tourism industry. Other economic activities include textiles, fishing and agriculture although none of these can be considered an industry. Cancun, Mérida, Chichén Itzá or any of the almost untouched beaches scattered on its coasts have opened the doors to the future for Yucatan.
In the southernmost part of Mexico, Chiapas has always marked the end of one world and the beginning of another. Once it was where Mexico ended and Central America began. Although politically, this region is part of Mexico, geographically it is part of the upper part of Guatemala. Descendants of the Maya who live in many villages in the mountains up to 3,000 meters high populate it. Their customs a lifestyles follow ancient traditions. Its 75,000 km
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