Guatemalan Americans

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diaspora community ethnic group in the United States

Guatemalan Americans are U.S. residents or citizens of Guatemalan origin, known for their rich Mayan and mestizo cultural heritage and growing communities particularly in states like California, Texas, and New York.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Guatemalan Americans canonical 2

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group in the United States ⓘ
citizenshipStatus may be U.S. citizens ⓘ
may be lawful permanent residents ⓘ
may be temporary residents ⓘ
may be undocumented immigrants ⓘ
commonEmploymentSector agriculture ⓘ
construction ⓘ
domestic work ⓘ
service industry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Guatemala ⓘ
countryOfResidence United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalHeritage Mayan traditions ⓘ
mestizo culture ⓘ
culturalPractice celebration of Día de los Muertos ⓘ
celebration of Guatemalan Independence Day ⓘ
celebration of Semana Santa ⓘ
diasporaOrganizationType hometown associations ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Ladino people ⓘ
Maya peoples ⓘ
Mestizo ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Kaqchikel ⓘ
surface form: Kaqchikel language

Kʼicheʼ language ⓘ
Mam language ⓘ
Qʼeqchiʼ language ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
largestUrbanCommunityIn Houston ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
Miami ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
majorMigrationCause Central American conflicts of the 1980s ⓘ
surface form: Guatemalan Civil War

economic hardship in Guatemala ⓘ
political violence in Guatemala ⓘ
migrationWave late 20th century ⓘ
notableIssue immigration policy in the United States ⓘ
labor rights of migrant workers ⓘ
partOf Central American American ⓘ
surface form: Central American Americans

Hispanic and Latino Americans ⓘ
Latin American diaspora ⓘ
relatedGroup Honduran Americans ⓘ
Maya peoples ⓘ
Mexican Americans ⓘ
Salvadoran American ⓘ
surface form: Salvadoran Americans
religion Evangelicalism ⓘ
surface form: Evangelical Christianity

Maya religion ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
remittanceDestination Guatemala ⓘ
significantPopulationIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Georgia (U.S. state)

Illinois ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Massachusetts ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
surface form: New York (state)

Texas ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
traditionalCuisine fiambre ⓘ
kakʼik ⓘ
pepian ⓘ
tamales ⓘ
traditionalDress Maya huipil ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hispanic and Latino Americans → majorSubgroup → Guatemalan Americans ⓘ
Central American American → includesSubgroup → Guatemalan Americans ⓘ
subject surface form: Central American Americans