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Rh the capitals. Altogether, the Republic contains 10 cities, 22 towns, 304 townships, and 1,794 hamlets, etc.:

In the year 1524 Guatemala was subjugated by Pedro de Alvarado, who had been the trusted lieutenant of Cortes in the Conquest of Mexico. In 1527 Charles V appointed a captain-general to govern the country.

Simultaneously with the achievement of Mexican Independence, the people of Guatemala threw off the Spanish yoke, and annexed themselves to the so-called empire under Iturbide. Upon the fall of that usurper in 1823, Guatemala became united to the Central American Federal Republic. Eight years later, Guatemala seceded from the remaining states and proclaimed itself an independent republic.

In 1871 a religious war broke out, which led to the