Guatemala City

Guatemala

Guatemala City, also known colloquially by the nickname Guate, is the national capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala. It serves as the municipal capital of the surrounding Guatemala Department. Its metropolitan area is also the largest in Central America. The city is located in a mountain valley called Valle de la Ermita in the south-central part of the country.

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Country: Guatemala
Population: 1,024,000
Latitude: 14.62° N
Longitude: 90.53° O

Which way is Guatemala City from…

From Paris, Guatemala City lies at 282° to the west, 8,996 km as the crow flies.

Paris	282° west	8,996 km
London	280° west	8,768 km
New York	214° south-west	3,313 km
Madrid	279° west	8,696 km
Rome	289° west	9,967 km
Montreal	210° south-west	3,784 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	265° west	16,353 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Guatemala City, seen from London, lies west, at 280°, even slightly north of west. Yet a flat map would put it south-west, at 243°: the 8,768 km shortest route first heads across the North Atlantic, then passes between Florida and the Bahamas. A landmark: it shares its latitude with Manila and Dakar. From New York, no trap: 214°, south-west.