2007 Guatemala City sinkhole

In the early morning of February 10, 2025, a bus carrying around 70 passengers veered off a bridge and fell into the Las Vacas River after colliding with other vehicles in Zone 6, on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Guatemala. The crash killed at least 55 people and seriously injured nine. The vehicle was operating as a commuter bus, but outside of its approved route. Although the bus was licensed correctly, the driver did not have an appropriate license. Investigators are exploring a wide range of causes, including overloading, weapons, drugs, or mechanical problems. In the aftermath of the crash, updated legislation was proposed to improve road safety, after other relief efforts were underway.

The 2010 Guatemala City sinkhole was a disaster on 30 May 2010, in which an area approximately 65 ft (20 m) across and 300 ft (90 m) deep collapsed in Guatemala City's Zona 2, swallowing a three-story factory. The sinkhole occurred for a combination of reasons, including Tropical Storm Agatha, the Pacaya Volcano eruption, and leakage from sewer pipes.

Loyola College Guatemala is a private Catholic pre-school, primary and secondary school, located in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The Jesuit-run school traces its origins to 1958 at the elementary school at La Merced Catholic church.

The Relief Map of Guatemala (in Spanish: Mapa en Relieve de Guatemala) is a huge relief map of Guatemala erected at ground level on two scales: 1: 10,000 for the horizontal extension and 1: 2,000 for the vertical, on an approximate surface of 1,800 square meters.

The Holy Church Cathedral Metropolitan Basilica of Santiago de Guatemala also Metropolitan Cathedral, officially Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santiago, is the main church of Guatemala City and of the Archdiocese of Guatemala (Archidioecesis Guatimalensis). It is located at the Parque Central in the center of the city. Its massive structure incorporates baroque and classical elements and has withstood numerous earthquakes. Damage by the devastating earthquakes of 1917 and 1976 has been repaired. The inside of the cathedral is relatively sparsely decorated but impresses by its size and its structural strength. The altars are ornate and decorative. In front of the cathedral stand a series of 12 pillars, solemnly remembering the names of thousands of people forcibly disappeared or murdered during the counterinsurgency violence of Guatemala's internal armed conflict, which began in 1960 and lasted until the final peace accord was signed in 1996. On 28 October 2003, Pope John Paul II authorized the Canonical coronation of the Immaculate Conception enshrined within the Cathedral which occurred on 5 December 2004. The papal bull was signed and executed by Cardinal Francis Arinze, prefect of the Sacred Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

There is also a Diocese of Guatemala (and a Bishop of Guatemala) in the Anglican Church in Central America.The Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Guatemala. It is a primatial metropolitan see with six suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province.

Instituto Normal Central para Señoritas Belén or Instituto Belén is an institution of secondary education in Guatemala, specializing in the training of teachers in urban primary education. It was established on 20 January 1875, and is based in Guatemala City.

Known as Palacio Nacional de la Cultura (National Palace of Culture) also known colloquially as "Palacio Verde", it is identified as Guatemala City's symbol in its architectural context. It was the most important building in Guatemala and was the headquarters of the President of Guatemala. The building is the origin of all the roads in the Republic and has a spot known as Kilometro Cero (Zero Kilometer). It is presently a museum and is also used for important acts of the government.

The Carrera Theater (also called Colón Theater after the Liberal Reform of 1871) was a majestic classic Greek style theater built by president Captain General Rafael Carrera y Turcios in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1852. The building was in the Old Central Square and after the liberal revolution of 1871 it was called National Theater. Towards the end of general Manuel Lisandro Barillas Bercián government, the building was remodeled to celebrate the Discovery of America fourth centennial anniversary. Finally, the theatre was destroyed by the earthquakes of 1917–18 and demolished in 1923.

Guatemala Department is one of the 22 departments of Guatemala. The capital is Guatemala City, which also serves as the national capital. The department consists of Guatemala City and several of its suburbs. The department covers a surface area of 2,126 square kilometres (821 sq mi), and had a population of 3,015,081 at the 2018 census.

Universidad Mariano Gálvez de Guatemala (UMG) is a private university in Zone 2 of Guatemala City.

San José Castle -also known as Castillo de San José in Spanish- was opened to the public on 25 May 1846 on the «Buena Vista Hill» on the southeast of Guatemala City by general Rafael Carrera government; it was also known as «Carrera Castle». San José Fort was located where later Guatemalan administrations built a new city Hall, a National Theater and part of the Bolivar Avenue. The fort had a shooting range for the soldiers, ammunition warehouses, horses, diners and a small pond that was called "Soldier's Pond".