Guatemala

Guatemala
State type
Unitary
Type of government
Republicano democrático representativo
Branches
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
Administrative Division

National Level

Gobierno Central

Intermediate/Regional Level

Regiones 8

Departamentos 22

Local Level

Municipios 340

Official names of subnational and local governments

Para el ordenamiento territorial y el funcionamiento de los Consejos Regionales de Desarrollo Urbano y Rural, se establecen regiones, las cuales deben integrarse preferentemente en razón de la inter-relación entre centros urbanos y potencial de desarrollo del territorio circundante. ...

Art. 3

Cities

National Urban Policy

  • The National Development Plan: K'atun, Our Guatemala 2032 constitutes the long-term national development policy that articulates policies, plans, programs, projects and investments; thus, the development management cycle. This approach arises from the need to reverse the living conditions of large sectors of the population, which have seen, for long periods of time, their exercise of citizenship hindered, mainly as a result of social differentiation, inequality and exclusion schemes, especially of indigenous people, women and those living in rural areas. (p. 4, para. 1)

    Plan Nacional de Desarrollo K’atun: nuestra Guatemala 2032
    National urban policy type:
    Partial - National Development Policy
    Policy temporality:
    Long-term
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