Guatemala*
General Country Information
Capital: Guatemala
Population: 12,728,111 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Constitutional Democratic Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 1.132 million (2004)
Telephone- mobile: 3.168 million (2004)
Internet hosts: 49,026 (2006)
Internet users: 756,000 (2005)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.37
World Rank 2005/2006: 108
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Asociacion de Sordos de Guatemala (ASORGUA)
asorgua@hotmail.com
Asociacion Guatemalteca de Rehabilitation de Lisiaados (AGREL)
no contact information currently available
Colectivo Vida Independiente de Guatemala's (COVIGUA)
silviaquan@intelnett.com
Consejo Nacional para la Atencion de la Persona con Discapacidad Enfermas y con Discapacidad
caldh@guate.net